As we rode towards the palace, my excitement started to mount. I had been Legolas-deprived for nearly a month and a half! How had I lived?! But it was no matter now, because I was going to see my love.
"Lothuviel, stop wriggling. It's annoying," Lauren said.
"Hush, Mary-sue. I am excited that I shall be seeing my friend soon," I snapped back, imagining Legolas sitting up in his bed again. Ahhh.
Half an hour later the horses cantered through the gates into the palace courtyard. There were several elves standing around, and they walked forward as we dismounted.
"Greetings, Lady Lothuviel," said one of them with a bow. "My name is Táradur. I am one of Prince Legolas' friends. Shall I go and tell him that you have arrived?"
"Well met, Táradur. Of course, please do tell Legolas that I am here. But might I come with you?" I said with a flirtatious grin that stated, "You know you think I'm cuuuuute!!"
He smiled back. "Of course my lady. Right this way." He led me inside the palace. It was exquisite! The floors were made of marble so smooth and polished that I could see my reflection almost as well as if I were looking in a mirror. There were large pillars of marble as well, carved to look like they had vines growing around them. Large tapestries hung on the walls, most depicting forest animals, trees, or elvish script. There was a long rug all the way down the hall, and huge wooden doors on either side.
Táradur gestured to one of these large doors. "He is in here, my lady," he whispered. I nodded and mouthed a thank you, then quickly ran my fingers through my hair, just to make sure it wasn't too terribly messy.
I slowly turned the knob, and the door opened without a sound. I peeked in. I was staring into a huge study. And when I say huge, I mean HUGE. This room alone was probably as big as my house. It too had the pillars with the vines, and bookshelves all the way to the ceiling. There were tables scattered around the room with elaborate chairs.
I walked quietly inside, not making a sound. Slowly I glanced around, taking in the beauty of just this one room. If it was so big, think of how big the palace must be! I thought to myself. I silently walked through the study and looked for Legolas. I found him sitting at one of the chairs near the back of the room, looking out a huge window.
"Ahem?" I said quietly.
Legolas spun around, and his expression went one of boredom to one of pure joy. "Lothuviel!" he cried with a smile. He stood up, strode over to me, and wrapped his arms around me in a huge hug. I sighed contentedly. "It is so good to see you again, my friend!" he exclaimed.
I laughed and hugged him back. "It is wonderful to see you, too, Legolas," I said happily. Yessss!!!
"How was your journey?" he asked, pulling away (Damnit).
I put on a frightened expression. "It was fine until today," I said in a trembling voice.
"What happened?"
"Tinwe's horse was attacked by a giant spider."
Legolas gasped and laid a hand on my arm. "Are you all right!?"
"Yes, I am fine. We are all fine."
He let out a sigh of relief and smiled. "I am very glad you are well, my friend. I would never be able to forgive myself if you had been hurt."
YOU LOVE ME!!!! my mind screamed. JUST COME OUT AND SAY IT ALREADY!!! "I would not have blamed you, Legolas."
He chuckled quietly. "You are so humble, Lothuviel. It is a very becoming trait in a woman," he said as we walked out of the study together.
"Thank you, my love." He stopped and stared at me.
Shit.
"I mean, thank you. My, what a lovely day, is it not?" Whew, that was close.
He smiled. "It is. I am sorry that it was ruined by one of those filthy spiders."
I laughed casually, sounding a bit like a hyena on crack. "'Twas no big matter. Come, let me introduce you to someone." I took his hand and led him down the hall towards the entrance. Hehehe, I was holding his hand. His loverly little hand. Welcome to Funtown, Arizona, Population 1: Laura.
We walked down the steps of the palace and into the courtyard where Tinwe, Trelan and Mary-sue (heh heh) were waiting. Trelan gave me a peck on the cheek as I said, "Legolas, I would like you to meet my friend, Mary-sue," I said gesturing towards the ground at Lauren.
"Nice to meet you," she said, sounding kind of bored. "You wouldn't happen to know where Aragorn is, would you?"
"Aragorn?" Legolas said, sounding a bit startled. "No, I have not seen him for several years. Do you know him?"
"Eh, you could say that..." Lauren said, scuffing her foot against the ground and growing red. I inconspicuously kicked her in the butt.
"Oh, Legolas, did Lothuviel tell you of our encounter with the spider?" Trelan asked with a smirk. I glared at him.
"Yes, she did. I hope someone killed it?"
"Well, Lothuviel here, in a brilliant display of archery, managed to shoot an arrow two feet!" Lauren piped up. I was going to have to kill her.
Legolas chuckled. WAAAH, he laughed at me. (sob sob) "Did you not ever learn how to shoot?" he asked, turning to me.
"Uhh... no? I was hoping that someone might give me lessons." Hint, hint, wink, wink, nudge, nudge, Leggy poo.
"Well, Trelan is an excellent archer. I'm sure he would give you some lessons," my hotty elf prince said.
Trelan laughed and put his arm around my shoulder, again. "Surely you are joking, Legolas. You are the best archer in all of Mirkwood, if not Middle-Earth. You must teach the fair Lothuviel to shoot."
Note to self: Make sure to give Trelan a REALLY big cookie.
"I would be honored to teach you, Lothuviel, if that is your wish," Legolas said with a smile. I lurve him.
"Indeed, it is my wish. I thank thee, Legolas Greenleaf," I said with a bow. Lauren snorted. I "accidentally" stepped on her foot.
"Well, you all must be weary. I shall have one of the maids show you to your rooms," Legolas said. Awwww, he's such a nice host. Then some maid dude/woman popped up out of nowhere and practically dragged me away. We walked up a flight of stairs, and then another, and then down four different halls, then up yet another smaller flight of stairs and through a door.
"How in the world am I going to find my way out of here?" I said incredulously.
"I shall send someone to escort you each morning until you find your way around more comfortably, my lady," the maid said. Woot!
"Thank you," I said, and shoved her out of my room. "See ya later." Then I slammed the door and locked it, then turned around to admire my new home.
COR!!! This was awesome!!! My room was circular and appeared to be at the top of a tower. It was absolutely HUGE. On the ceiling there were silver star-shaped thingos, along with what appeared to be a layout of the solar system, although it was waaaay off by our standards, considering there were only two planets and the Sun. Oh well, anyways... The bed was a big canopy one, probably about a mile wide or so, with green curtains and sheets, etc. In fact, the curtains on the big windows were green, too, along with the rugs on the marble floor. Wow, elves are a tad bit obsessed with green, no?
I flung myself onto my bed and stuffed my face into the pillow. This was excellent. Not only did I have the hottest elf in the universe within a mile of me at all times, but I also had a huge bed that I would hopefully share with him sometime in the near future. Mwahahahahaaa.
There was a knock on the big wooden door. "Go away," I mumbled. They came in anyway. What if I had been changing?!
I lifted my face out of the pillow just enough that I could see who it was. Ooh, surprise, surprise. It was little Mary-sue.
"Hiya," she said. "Ooh, big room."
"Yes. What'd you get, a hole in the ground?" I asked, sitting up.
"No, but mine's boring. I don't get a big bed like you," she whined.
"That's 'cause I'm a prettyful elf that everyone knows that Legolas loves, plus I'm more important than you, so neh!" I stuck my tongue out at her. She whapped me with a pillow. "Ooh, you'd better not start that, my hairy-footed little friend. Soon I'll know how to kick your arse with a bow and arrow."
"But until then, I can do this all I want," Lauren said sneakily, and whacked me again. Soon a full-out pillow fight ensued, which I, without a doubt, won.
"Nancy-prancy elf," she muttered as she walked out the door, covered from head to toe in feathers. I gave her a raspberry then turned and walked into my closet. You know, the one I forgot to mention before?
"Jebus..." I muttered as I looked through the dresses. More than half of them were green! What the frack is up with this place? Oh well. I picked out one of the (very) few silvery ones (which had become my favorite kind) and put it on. Time for din-din! Oh wait, I forgot. I have no bloody idea where the dining room hall thingy is. Erlack a pongoes.
"Let's see... I know that I walk out of my room before I make any turns... and that's about it. Now, was it make a right then a left and walk down the stairs, or make a left then walk down the stairs and turn right? Holy merde and double poo..." I decided that the best thing was just to sit down and wait for someone to come and rescue me.
I found a big armchair and plopped down in it. Guess what color it was? HA, you're WRONG! It was BLUE-GREEN!! So then all I had to do was sit there for a day or so 'til some kind soul remembered that I was alive.
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Fortunately, it only took an hour before someone remembered that I was there. I had just about fallen asleep with my face in my hand when I heard soft footsteps running down the hall.
"Finally," I muttered, getting up out of the chair.
"Lothuviel!" Trelan said, trotting up to me. "Where have you been?"
"Well, I was sitting in that chair right there, wondering when someone would come and find me in this over-sized castle," I said a bit angrily.
"Oh, I am so sorry. I was talking to your friend, Mary-sue. She is quite humorous," he said.
"Yes, yes. Can we go get something to eat now?" I begged. He chuckled and nodded, then led me downstairs (don't ask me how).
We arrived in the dining hall, where there were only a few people, all of whom I (fortunately) knew. And there was my Leggy, standing in all of his sexy glory. He smiled as I sat down next to him (in the seat of honor! Yesss and three times yesss!).
"I apologize for forgetting you, Lothuviel. 'Twas very stupid of me," Legolas said.
"Naw, don't worry about it. People do it all the time," Lauren said from my right. I kicked her under the table and smiled sweetly at Legolas.
"'Tis no big matter, Legolas. I had a nice little nap whilst I was waiting." He chuckled as a bunch of servant dudes brought out the food. Ooer, yummy. They had everything from some elvish form of pasta to fish, and there was even some cake for dessert. Woot!
"That was delicious," I said after my second slice of yummylicious chocolate cake. Somehow I had managed not to get any on my face. (I used my spoon as a mirror.)
"Yes it was. Now if you will all excuse us, Lothuviel and I must go get ready. I am teaching her archery," Legolas said as he stood up. He motioned for me to follow him.
"Have fun," Lauren called. I turned around and smirked at her.
"Do not worry, my little friend. I am sure I shall."
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Tune in next time on "The Adventures of Me, Lothuviel"!
Legolas and Laura start the fun that is archery lessons!
Lauren gets a boo-boo!
And some really stupid stuff happens to the two gits! (a.k.a. Laura and Lauren)
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Well, kiddies, what'd you think? Sorry this chapter wasn't that long, but I had...
DUNDUNDUNNN!!!
Writers' block.
Audience: (simultaneous "gasp!")
Yesh, I know, 'tis trés, trés horriblemente. But fear not, children! For I believe it has gone away! Woot!
Now, go on and press that lurvely little purpley-gray button. You know you want to!
~*Laurel (a.k.a. Laura)*~