Authors Notes: Well, i'm ecstatic about all the reviews! I'm super happy that i've been getting NO flames recently, and have I mentioned that I love you all? Ok, me getting emotional, ignore that. On with the chapter!
AN2: If you haven't already guessed, I get emotional easily, but not normally with what I write, but while I wrote some of this chapter I actually started crying! That's never happened to me before! I read stories all the time that make me cry, but i've never cried while WRITING something! Entirely new experience! Ok, well, ignore me once again, i'm sick with the flu, and that might be the cause of all my emotional outbursts recently...
Chapter 24
Kat woke slowly, and her vision was still cloudy when she first looked around. As her vision cleared, her anger grew. Kat sat up quickly and took in the situation. Standing before her, looking very much like a cute couple, was Legolas, with Adrianna. Kat did the one thing that made sense to her right then. She jumped on the lying wretch that had stolen her love's heart.
" Kat!" Legolas exclaimed when he saw her leap at Adrianna.
There was, in the literal sense, a cat fight. Once they had hit the floor, Adrianna began struggling with a kitten in a puff of smoke. Hissing and clawing at Adrianna's face, the kitten was yowling in rage. Adrianna realized her mistake, and the kitten disappeared in a puff of smoke, only to reveal a mouse. The mouse went for Adrianna's hand, and bit down into her finger.
" OUCH!" Adrianna had had enough of Kat. With a glare at the mouse hanging of her finger by it's teeth, another familiar puff of smoke surrounded Kat. Adrianna threw the form away from herself and ran to the opposite side of the room. Kat was shaking with anger on the ground, surprisingly in her normal form. Kat made a movie to get to Adrianna again but Legolas stopped her by grabbing her forcefully.
" Kat stop it!" Legolas tried to reason with her. " You're being childish, stop trying to harm Adrianna!" This was another mistake, Legolas seemed to be making plenty today. As most of the readers know, and surely Legolas should, Kat did not like to be patronized. Kat whirled around to face him.
" Oh! So i'm being out of line here! Adrianna is the poor defenseless victim here! NATURALLY YOU TAKE HER SIDE!" Kat was seething. She had been angry with Adrianna to begin with, then she wakes up to find her love with the woman he was leaving her for, then when she retaliates, he defends the evil elf! She was just trying to help him! " I TAKE IT BACK!" Kat yelled, tears in her eyes. " I HOPE ADRIANNA SUCCEEDS, I WONT MISS YOU ANYWAY!" Kat struggled against Legolas' grasp, and finally broke free of him. " Congratulations." Kat said coldly in Adrianna's direction, she hastily wiped the tears from her eyes, but they seemed never ending.
Kat ran towards the dark stairwell, which ( the readers can probably guess) was another mistake of the day. Running incredibly angry, with your vision blurred from tears, up a dark stairway, is not a smart idea. Naturally, Kat missed a step part way up, and went barreling down the stairs. Had Jem not registered the seriousness of the situation, and the height at which Kat fell, she would have laughed. Kat stood up, despite the numerous injuries she had acquired, and began making her way up the stairs again.
Unfortunately Kat's legs gave out half way up, out of the groups view. Kat made no move to get up once more, she just sat on the pitch black stairs, out of the foursome's view, and seethed. She was so angry, so MAD! Casting her eyes downward, Kat let out a choked sob, and just broke down. The pain from her fall, and the pain from Legolas' betrayal were too great for her too handle. After hearing Legolas' declaration of love, she thought she had no tears left to shed, she was wrong.
" Please don't" A soft voice called from the darkness. Kat couldn't have seen her own hand if she put it straight in front of her face, so she certainly didn't see the mystery intruder coming up the stairs. Kat knew the voice well though.
" Go away, I never want to see you again!" Kat hollered at the figure.
Legolas was hurt, he didn't know what had angered Kat so much, possibly the time he spent with Adrianna? Something that had happened in the forest? He had to find out.
" I am not moving until you tell me what you are so upset about" Legolas moved beside Kat.
" Hey, unfair advantage, I can't see a bloody thing, and you're just casually moving around." Kat skulked, she would rather talk about anything than what she was upset about, and her lack of vision seemed to be a good topic.
" It isn't my fault I have Elf eyes, it's just a small side effect of being an Elf " Legolas tried in vain to make her smile, but he could clearly see her dismal expression in the dark. " Tell me Kat, please. SOMETHING is the matter."
" No, I enjoy crying alone in dark places, it's a hobby of mine, truly!" Kat's false cheeriness was almost chilling in a place so dank.
" Kat." That one word, uttered from him so often, was getting on her nerves.
" Stop it! Stop being so nice, stop looking so great, stop being so perfect!" Kat was sick of this. " STOP PRETENDING TO CARE!"
Legolas looked at Kat in shock. " Pretending to care?" he asked her, truly mystified by her wording.
" HOW CAN YOU ACT SO INNOCENT?! WERE YOU EVEN GOING TO TELL ME?" Kat wished she could see him to accuse him of his heinous crimes. " The minute Adrianna comes back into your life, I don't exist. When she turned me into a kitten, I took it in stride, I wasn't jealous, just. . . " Kat searched for any word that might sound nicer " vigilant. I do admit, I probably shouldn't have eavesdropped on your conversation, I wasn't jealous, I was just. . . being guarded. Of course, my apprehensiveness was obviously not groundless, considering the small snippets of the conversation I heard." The memories came flooding back to her.
~*~*~ Flashback~*~*~
Kat stealthily crept back to the cave, she was small now, so no one noticed when she left. She worked her way slowly to the back of the cave. Soon she saw Legolas' back, he and Adrianna were apparently in the middle of a deep felt conversation.
" I have simply been using Kat, and she means nothing to me?" These words jangled in Kat's head, she was in such shock she didn't notice the question in his voice. " I have loved you for so long, and . . ." Kat couldn't bear to hear the rest. Kat turned her tail ( literally!) and fled. She raced out of the cave and into the surrounding woods, crying as best a cat could,
~*~*~ End Flashback~*~*~
" I know what you were telling Adrianna, I just never knew how expendable I was to you " Kat tried to get up, but realized she didn't know which way was up anymore, and one wrong step would send her shooting down the stairs again.
" What are you talking about?" Legolas was clearly bewildered by the entire situation.
" I heard you! I heard you say that you were simply using me, and that I meant nothing to you. Naturally, the icing on the cake was when you announced your love to her" Getting this stuff off of Kat's chest was good for the soul, not for the tear ducts.
Legolas was at a loss for words. There was obviously some HUGE misunderstanding here. All he knew was that Kat was crying, and it was partially his fault, it was the worst feeling in the world.
~*~*~ Down in the Armory~*~*~
" You!" Jem screeched, upon waking from her slumber. She pushed her way past Aragorn, and froze Adrianna's feet, causing the elf maiden to fall on her royal behind. " How could you be so, dastardly, evil, sinister, malevolent, spiteful, malicious, and just plain-" Jem looked for a word she hadn't used " mean!"
" What have I ever done in spite towards you?" Adrianna asked, trying to get off of the floor.
" Not to me, to my friends! Trying to end Legolas' life, and ruin Kat's in the process!" Jem stalked over to Adrianna, fully intending to show her what real justice was.
" Jem, you speak in riddles, what do you mean end Legolas' life. She has been nothing but kind to him, if not a little. . . possessive." Aragorn chanced a glance in Adrianna's direction, where she wished he had worded his sentence better.
" Oh i'll bet she has! All in her nice little plot to kill Legolas for "ruining her life" so long ago. She planned on gaining his trust and then kill him! I will not stand by idly watching!" Jem looked at Aragorn, daring him to say a word against her.
" How exactly do you know of this?" Aragorn chose his words wisely, ticking Jem off right now would not be a smart move.
" Kat told me" Adrianna snorted in obvious condescending disbelief.
" And how does Kat know this. " Aragorn was trying to be open minded about the situation.
" Sienatin told her. I believe that should be a VERY reliable source of information, don't you?" Jem didn't meant as a question, but Aragorn answered anyway.
" Well, yes, I suppose so. Where did you see Sienatin?" He wanted the most information possible before he began to accuse Adrianna of homicidal tendencies.
" In the forest. Kat saw her after running away. Which she did by the way because YOUR rat fink eleven friend professed his undying love to this homicidal maniac!" Jem enjoyed the look of shock and curiosity that crossed Aragorn's face.
* If this is true, so help me, Legolas will suffer dearly for putting me in this situation* Aragorn was torn. He believed his comrade undecietful to the core. Legolas couldn't even conceive hurting a friend like Kat in that way. He would have told her if he still had feelings for Adrianna, which Aragorn doubted he did, but he would have seen her run into the forest if he had TOLD her.
" Wait, how did Kat hear legolas, as you put it , professing his love for Adrianna?" Aragorn knew his friend wouldn't just put it out on the table like that.
" She overheard a conversation they were having" Jem realized where Aragorn was going with this. " Which was NOT sinister or evil in any way of her! She just HAPPENED to be in the area, and overheard them plotting against her." Jem tried to make Kat sound like a saint, because she was sticking up for Kat here, and if KAT was in the wrong, then Jem was in the wrong.
" Well, lets find out what's going on." Aragorn helped Adrianna off the floor, much to Jem's distaste, and the three of them began climbing the flight of stairs. Quite quickly Jem felt something latch onto her arm, and she let out an ear splitting scream.
" It's me Jem" The flat tone of voice said much about the conversation she had had with Legolas.
" Kat, you did that just to scare the crap out of me, If you ever try anything like that again, you will NOT WAKE UP THE FOLLOWING MORNING!" Jem was yelling, and shaking Kat's arm. Even though she couldn't see Kat, she could imagine her friend wincing.
" Let's find Sienatin, shall we?" Kat led the way to the top of the stairs.
Sienatin was waiting at the edge of the forest for the girls, including Adrianna. Sienatin looked disapproving as they all approached.
" Adrianna, so lovely to see you again." Sienatin smiled warmly at Adrianna, and the girls warily looked at the two. " I see that you have made, well, peace? With Legolas?" Sienatin didn't look sure of her wording.
" Yes, we're quite close now." Adrianna laid her head on Legolas' shoulder, and Kat thought fleetingly what a cute couple they made. Kat had given up. She knew that Legolas was being nice, and caring in trying to deny the love being shared between the two, but the truth was there. She had a feeling that all emotion had been wiped from her body, and all that was left was an empty shell, she could watch the two elves flirting all day, but she wasn't really there.
Legolas uncomfortably accepted the head resting on his shoulder, it was a position Kat had often taken when sitting next to him. A glance in Kat's direction showed Legolas that she wasn't really with the group. Kat was staring off into space just over Adrianna's shoulder, a bleak and dejected expression on her face.
" Let us settle this nonsense. All we wish to know is if Adrianna has ill intentions towards Legolas" Aragorn was getting irritable, King Theoden was probably wondering about their absence.
" There is a simple way to tell her true intentions. This is a serenity orb" A small translucent ball, was produced from Sienatin's sleeve. " If a lie is told while holding it, the orb will shatter. Adrianna, would you be willing to hold it while I ask you one question?" Adrianna looked hesitant, but took the sphere in her hands.
" Adrianna, do you wish to kill Legolas?" Sienatin asked the question all had been waiting for. Adrianna lookded straight at Legolas and answered.
No Every eye in the area was fixated on the small glass object in the palm of Adrianna's hand.
The ball did nothing.
Authors Notes: I am sooooo sorry for not updating sooner, I feel terrible, and If i'm going to update tonight, I just don't have enough time to write a Thank You section! SORRY! I will repost this later, and add a SUPER BIG Thank You section, because I got so many! I LOVE ALL MY REVIEWERS TO BITS!!! Well If I get some more reviews, maybe i'll update sooner than expected... possibly a week? You never know! so... REVIEW!!!!!!
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