Disclamer: I don't own Legolas but I do own everyone else. Set before the
War of the Ring. Two girl, Leila and Shí disguise themselves as men and
join the army. It's an elvish sort of Mulan with two heroines. Shí/Ahora.
Legolas/Leila. (For once none of the characters are based on me!) The
original version of this story was a swap story between me and my mate Liz.
Ada means father and Nana mother.
The way I'm doing the elves ages is that 500 is the equivalent of a 5 year old so 1500 is a 15 year old. And I'm having it that they stop growing at 2000 or 20 so that's why they always look so young. Got it?
Hidden Identity
Chapter 3; Grey Watch
2 Hours Later
"Theres Grey Watch!" there scout called and Grey Watch came into view, or rather the smouldering ruins of Grey Watch came into view.
"Oh my god" Shí whispered. When they got to the village they found Leila's horse tied to a fence.but no Leila.
"Where is he?" Dagon asked.
"Search for survivors" Legolas ordered. They all dismounted and tied their horses to the fence and then walked around the village slowly. Dead elves were everywhere and at one point Shí fell to the ground next to her fathers body. Dagon knelt by the slightly distraught lad.
"What's wrong?" Dagon asked.
"It's my Ada" Shí whispered, tears trailing down her face. Dagon put a hand on her shoulder comfortingly. Legolas walked into a house that had had the fire put out and found Leila sobbing into her mothers body. Slowly he knelt down behind Leila and touched her shoulder.
"I'm sorry" Leila whispered, trying not to move her mouth too much as she wiped away her tears.
"Who is this?" Legolas asked.
"My Nana" Leila whispered, more tear streaming down her cheeks. Legolas looked at the sobbing 'boy' and could feel his heart breaking for the boy. He gently pulled Leila into a light embrace as she cried. "I can't find my Ada or my brothers and sisters" Leila whispered.
"Maybe they got away Sérle" Legolas said, reminding her that she was infact pretending to be a boy. She sat up straighter and wiped away her tears. "Namarie (goodbye) Nana" Leila mumbled, touching her mothers cheek before she stood up and walked to the back wall of the house. She pulled out a hidden cupboard and brought out a book and necklace.
"What are they?" Legolas asked.
"My old diary and my mothers favourite necklace" Leila said. It was actually her favourite necklace but she couldn't tell Legolas that. The necklace was silver and was in the shape of a swirl (sort of hippyish, had to get it in there!) and had a blue stone in the centre of it.
"Sorry" Legolas said.
"It's ok" Leila whispered. She strode out into the fresh air and over to her horse. Legolas stayed in the house and spotted something moving under a table that was blocked by what looked like part of the ceiling. Slowly he pulled it away to reveal a small girl with long blonde hair, huge fear filled green eyes and a doll clutched her hands.
"Hello" Legolas said quietly.
"Hewo" the girl said.
"What's your name?" Legolas asked kindly.
"Pedoé" the little elfling whispered. "Was Leila with you?" Pedoé asked.
"No, but Sérle was" Legolas said.
"That wasn't Sérle, Sérle lives in Rivendell with Elrond, I heard Leila" Pedoé said with the childish authority.
"Who is?" Legolas asked.
"My sister" Pedoé said.
"Do you want to come out of here and I'll take you to the person I was with" Legolas said, holding out his hand. Pedoé allowed him to lead her outside, hiding her mother's body from her and to where Leila was working on her horse. "Sérle, I found this in your house" Legolas said. Leila turned around and gasped.
"Pedi?" Leila whispered her sisters nickname. Pedoé charged at Leila and hugged her tightly. Leila picked her youngest sister up and held her close, her eyes straying to where Legolas was stood. "You know my lord?" Leila asked quietly.
"That you're a girl and your names Leila? Yes, the little one gave you away" Legolas said sternly. Leila cringed but gasped in pain as one of her stitches pulled.
"Leila, what happened to your face? And you hair?" Pedoé asked innocently loud. Leila covered her mouth, noticing that most of the men looked around at the little ones question.
"Pedi. Can you do me a favour and call Sérle for now, please?" Leila asked quietly.
"Ok. But why's your face cut and where'd your hair go?" Pedoé asked.
"I cut my hair off to pose as a boy and I got the cut in a battle. Can I put you down Pedi, your heavier than I remember" Leila said. Pedoé giggled as she was set on the floor. Leila looked at Legolas as he walked closer to her.
"I won't tell them if you wont" he whispered.
"What?" Leila gasped.
"You're the best hand to hand fighter we have, I'm not getting you banished" Legolas said.
"Thank you" Leila whispered.
"Sérle, can I be a boy too and where Nana?" Pedoé asked, just remembering to call Leila Sérle.
"Um, yes you can be a boy if you want to cut your hair short" Leila said, smiling when Pedoé cried out angrily and held her hair. "But I don't know where Nana is I'm afraid" Leila lied.
"Oh. I'm tired" Pedoé mumbled, looking suddenly exhausted. Leila picked her up and moved over to a stack of hay, laying Pedoé, who was now sound asleep, down gently.
"How old is she?" Legolas asked.
"350" Leila said, brushing a stray strand of hair from Pedoé's forehead.
"Young then" Legolas said quietly. Leila nodded. "Now, there aren't any other women or children here so where do you think they could be?" Legolas asked.
"Well, the men and boys probably fought. They couldn't have gone to the caves unless they knew the attack was coming but they could have gone into the hidden celler under that building" Leila said thinking, pointing to the biggest building in the village.
"Dallas! Take some men and check the cellar of that building! Dagon, ride to the caves and check if anyone's there!" Legolas ordered.
"Where are the caves?!?" Dagon called back.
"I'll show you" Shí said to him.
"Good" Legolas said. Shí and Dagon rode out while Dallas and some of the men went to the cellar. "Sérle. How many people lived here?" Legolas asked.
"About 200, it was a big village" Leila said.
"And so far I've seen about 10, that's not right" Legolas muttered.
"Some could have been taken prisoner" Leila suggested.
"MY LORD! THERES ABOUT 20 WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN HERE!" Dallas shouted loudly.
"GET THEM OUT THEN!" Legolas shouted back. Leila was already running to the building when the children ran out. They were unhappy and some had ash all over them. When the mothers came out they got them more or less under control.
"Leila?" one of the women whispered in surprise.
"You must have mistaken me" Leila said as the men looked at her. "My sister is called Leila but I am Sérle, I'm told we look very much alike" Leila said.
"Oh, sorry, yes, now I remember" the woman said, winking discreetly.
"Sérle, have you seen Leila or Shí anywhere? They disappeared a while ago" a young woman asked.
"Hello Ahora. No I'm afraid not, but I met up with Gaalin, Shí's brother" Leila said winking at Ahora.
"Oh, I'll talk to him when I see him then" Ahora said. Leila walked over to the men.
"Popular here as well I see" Melserk( said nodding to the women.
"I lived here" Leila said to him.
"Oh, I see" Melserk( said nodding. Leila breathed a sigh of relief, so far, so good.
"Are they all married?" Dallas asked.
"Nope, only a few" Leila said.
"Good" Dallas murmured.
'One track mind, all men definitely have a one track mind' Leila thought to herself. Just then Shí and Dagon got back.
"We didn't find the women but we found something else" Dagon said.
"What?" Legolas asked.
"A battleground, the final resting place of all the men and boys from Grey Watch" Shí said simply.
"How far away is it?" Legolas asked.
"Not far" Shí said.
"We shall bring them here and burn them then" Legolas said.
"Yes my lord" Dagon said. "Everyone follow me!" Dagon ordered. They all did as he said.
The battleground looked like it had been a slaughter, not a battle. There were hardly any dead enemy, just elves from Grey Watch. The dead were slowly carried back to Grey Watch to be named by the crying women and children. Leila moved a dead enemy out of the way and found Shí's younger brother looking up at her. She gasped as he blinked and knelt down quickly.
"Gaalin!" she called worriedly.
"Leila?" Gwaithdil asked.
"Yes it's me, but I'm pretending to be a boy, so's your sister. Please don't give us away" Leila whispered as she moved the dead enemy totally off of Gwaithdil.
"I can't feel my leg" he murmured looking down. "I have no leg!" and he was right. His leg had been severed off just above the knee by a very sharp sword. Leila gasped and turned away as she retched. Smooth hands held her hair back and she turned to find Legolas with Shí.
"Dil!" Shí cried kneeling next to her brother.
"Hey, how are you?" (Gwaith)Dil asked. "Lovely day isn't it?" Shí hooked her arms under him and lifted the small boy up into her arms.
"That's it, I'm getting you to a healer, your in shock" Shí said as she ran back to Grey Watch.
"I hate finding people family when we do this sort of thing, it makes me want to cry" Legolas said sadly.
"Be thankful it will never be your family your highness" Leila growled, spitting his title out as she moved away from him.
"I didn't mean it like that" Legolas said.
"Well I did" Leila hissed, seething with anger. He was sad because they were finding other peoples family and he was sad! She walked over to the next body and turned it over gently, nearly screaming at what she saw. She backed away slowly, tears running down her cheeks. It was her brother, his eyes were closed and he had an arrow in his neck. "Rilon" Leila whispered, choked at the sight of her dead brother. She looked away but looked the wrong way because then she saw her fathers body, head severed from his body, her other brothers body with a gash in the cheast. She did a complete turn trying to block out the images before she fainted, Legolas just catching her. She opened her eyes slowly and looked up into his face.
"What is it? What's wrong?" Legolas asked worriedly, not knowing what had made her collapse.
"My Ada.my brothers" Leila whispered, tears falling steadily from her eyes. Legolas looked at the three elves, noting the fact that none were breathing and held Leila close. "Rilon was only 1000 and Sindadil was only just 1400" Leila whispered brokenly.
"I'm sorry, I really am" Legolas whispered. Leila nodded and started to get out. She was tired of crying but couldn't stop the tears. She slowly went over to Rilon and picked him up gently. She than walked silently back to Grey Watch. Legolas picked up Sindadil and followed her. The dead were being laid in a row and already women and children were crying around them. But Leila walked past the line to her home and lay Rilon next to her Nana. Legolas lay Sindadil there as well. Legolas went back and then brought her fathers body, with the head on his cheast as well and then lay him down with his wife.
"There all gone" Leila whispered.
"Didn't you say sisters?" Legolas asked.
"Yes, but I don't know where Risen is, she was Rilon's twin" Leila said. And then she broke down again, sobbing miserably, which didn't do her cheek and good.
A/N What do you think. Next chapter has the whole cremation thing going and reporting to the king about the attacks.
The way I'm doing the elves ages is that 500 is the equivalent of a 5 year old so 1500 is a 15 year old. And I'm having it that they stop growing at 2000 or 20 so that's why they always look so young. Got it?
Hidden Identity
Chapter 3; Grey Watch
2 Hours Later
"Theres Grey Watch!" there scout called and Grey Watch came into view, or rather the smouldering ruins of Grey Watch came into view.
"Oh my god" Shí whispered. When they got to the village they found Leila's horse tied to a fence.but no Leila.
"Where is he?" Dagon asked.
"Search for survivors" Legolas ordered. They all dismounted and tied their horses to the fence and then walked around the village slowly. Dead elves were everywhere and at one point Shí fell to the ground next to her fathers body. Dagon knelt by the slightly distraught lad.
"What's wrong?" Dagon asked.
"It's my Ada" Shí whispered, tears trailing down her face. Dagon put a hand on her shoulder comfortingly. Legolas walked into a house that had had the fire put out and found Leila sobbing into her mothers body. Slowly he knelt down behind Leila and touched her shoulder.
"I'm sorry" Leila whispered, trying not to move her mouth too much as she wiped away her tears.
"Who is this?" Legolas asked.
"My Nana" Leila whispered, more tear streaming down her cheeks. Legolas looked at the sobbing 'boy' and could feel his heart breaking for the boy. He gently pulled Leila into a light embrace as she cried. "I can't find my Ada or my brothers and sisters" Leila whispered.
"Maybe they got away Sérle" Legolas said, reminding her that she was infact pretending to be a boy. She sat up straighter and wiped away her tears. "Namarie (goodbye) Nana" Leila mumbled, touching her mothers cheek before she stood up and walked to the back wall of the house. She pulled out a hidden cupboard and brought out a book and necklace.
"What are they?" Legolas asked.
"My old diary and my mothers favourite necklace" Leila said. It was actually her favourite necklace but she couldn't tell Legolas that. The necklace was silver and was in the shape of a swirl (sort of hippyish, had to get it in there!) and had a blue stone in the centre of it.
"Sorry" Legolas said.
"It's ok" Leila whispered. She strode out into the fresh air and over to her horse. Legolas stayed in the house and spotted something moving under a table that was blocked by what looked like part of the ceiling. Slowly he pulled it away to reveal a small girl with long blonde hair, huge fear filled green eyes and a doll clutched her hands.
"Hello" Legolas said quietly.
"Hewo" the girl said.
"What's your name?" Legolas asked kindly.
"Pedoé" the little elfling whispered. "Was Leila with you?" Pedoé asked.
"No, but Sérle was" Legolas said.
"That wasn't Sérle, Sérle lives in Rivendell with Elrond, I heard Leila" Pedoé said with the childish authority.
"Who is?" Legolas asked.
"My sister" Pedoé said.
"Do you want to come out of here and I'll take you to the person I was with" Legolas said, holding out his hand. Pedoé allowed him to lead her outside, hiding her mother's body from her and to where Leila was working on her horse. "Sérle, I found this in your house" Legolas said. Leila turned around and gasped.
"Pedi?" Leila whispered her sisters nickname. Pedoé charged at Leila and hugged her tightly. Leila picked her youngest sister up and held her close, her eyes straying to where Legolas was stood. "You know my lord?" Leila asked quietly.
"That you're a girl and your names Leila? Yes, the little one gave you away" Legolas said sternly. Leila cringed but gasped in pain as one of her stitches pulled.
"Leila, what happened to your face? And you hair?" Pedoé asked innocently loud. Leila covered her mouth, noticing that most of the men looked around at the little ones question.
"Pedi. Can you do me a favour and call Sérle for now, please?" Leila asked quietly.
"Ok. But why's your face cut and where'd your hair go?" Pedoé asked.
"I cut my hair off to pose as a boy and I got the cut in a battle. Can I put you down Pedi, your heavier than I remember" Leila said. Pedoé giggled as she was set on the floor. Leila looked at Legolas as he walked closer to her.
"I won't tell them if you wont" he whispered.
"What?" Leila gasped.
"You're the best hand to hand fighter we have, I'm not getting you banished" Legolas said.
"Thank you" Leila whispered.
"Sérle, can I be a boy too and where Nana?" Pedoé asked, just remembering to call Leila Sérle.
"Um, yes you can be a boy if you want to cut your hair short" Leila said, smiling when Pedoé cried out angrily and held her hair. "But I don't know where Nana is I'm afraid" Leila lied.
"Oh. I'm tired" Pedoé mumbled, looking suddenly exhausted. Leila picked her up and moved over to a stack of hay, laying Pedoé, who was now sound asleep, down gently.
"How old is she?" Legolas asked.
"350" Leila said, brushing a stray strand of hair from Pedoé's forehead.
"Young then" Legolas said quietly. Leila nodded. "Now, there aren't any other women or children here so where do you think they could be?" Legolas asked.
"Well, the men and boys probably fought. They couldn't have gone to the caves unless they knew the attack was coming but they could have gone into the hidden celler under that building" Leila said thinking, pointing to the biggest building in the village.
"Dallas! Take some men and check the cellar of that building! Dagon, ride to the caves and check if anyone's there!" Legolas ordered.
"Where are the caves?!?" Dagon called back.
"I'll show you" Shí said to him.
"Good" Legolas said. Shí and Dagon rode out while Dallas and some of the men went to the cellar. "Sérle. How many people lived here?" Legolas asked.
"About 200, it was a big village" Leila said.
"And so far I've seen about 10, that's not right" Legolas muttered.
"Some could have been taken prisoner" Leila suggested.
"MY LORD! THERES ABOUT 20 WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN HERE!" Dallas shouted loudly.
"GET THEM OUT THEN!" Legolas shouted back. Leila was already running to the building when the children ran out. They were unhappy and some had ash all over them. When the mothers came out they got them more or less under control.
"Leila?" one of the women whispered in surprise.
"You must have mistaken me" Leila said as the men looked at her. "My sister is called Leila but I am Sérle, I'm told we look very much alike" Leila said.
"Oh, sorry, yes, now I remember" the woman said, winking discreetly.
"Sérle, have you seen Leila or Shí anywhere? They disappeared a while ago" a young woman asked.
"Hello Ahora. No I'm afraid not, but I met up with Gaalin, Shí's brother" Leila said winking at Ahora.
"Oh, I'll talk to him when I see him then" Ahora said. Leila walked over to the men.
"Popular here as well I see" Melserk( said nodding to the women.
"I lived here" Leila said to him.
"Oh, I see" Melserk( said nodding. Leila breathed a sigh of relief, so far, so good.
"Are they all married?" Dallas asked.
"Nope, only a few" Leila said.
"Good" Dallas murmured.
'One track mind, all men definitely have a one track mind' Leila thought to herself. Just then Shí and Dagon got back.
"We didn't find the women but we found something else" Dagon said.
"What?" Legolas asked.
"A battleground, the final resting place of all the men and boys from Grey Watch" Shí said simply.
"How far away is it?" Legolas asked.
"Not far" Shí said.
"We shall bring them here and burn them then" Legolas said.
"Yes my lord" Dagon said. "Everyone follow me!" Dagon ordered. They all did as he said.
The battleground looked like it had been a slaughter, not a battle. There were hardly any dead enemy, just elves from Grey Watch. The dead were slowly carried back to Grey Watch to be named by the crying women and children. Leila moved a dead enemy out of the way and found Shí's younger brother looking up at her. She gasped as he blinked and knelt down quickly.
"Gaalin!" she called worriedly.
"Leila?" Gwaithdil asked.
"Yes it's me, but I'm pretending to be a boy, so's your sister. Please don't give us away" Leila whispered as she moved the dead enemy totally off of Gwaithdil.
"I can't feel my leg" he murmured looking down. "I have no leg!" and he was right. His leg had been severed off just above the knee by a very sharp sword. Leila gasped and turned away as she retched. Smooth hands held her hair back and she turned to find Legolas with Shí.
"Dil!" Shí cried kneeling next to her brother.
"Hey, how are you?" (Gwaith)Dil asked. "Lovely day isn't it?" Shí hooked her arms under him and lifted the small boy up into her arms.
"That's it, I'm getting you to a healer, your in shock" Shí said as she ran back to Grey Watch.
"I hate finding people family when we do this sort of thing, it makes me want to cry" Legolas said sadly.
"Be thankful it will never be your family your highness" Leila growled, spitting his title out as she moved away from him.
"I didn't mean it like that" Legolas said.
"Well I did" Leila hissed, seething with anger. He was sad because they were finding other peoples family and he was sad! She walked over to the next body and turned it over gently, nearly screaming at what she saw. She backed away slowly, tears running down her cheeks. It was her brother, his eyes were closed and he had an arrow in his neck. "Rilon" Leila whispered, choked at the sight of her dead brother. She looked away but looked the wrong way because then she saw her fathers body, head severed from his body, her other brothers body with a gash in the cheast. She did a complete turn trying to block out the images before she fainted, Legolas just catching her. She opened her eyes slowly and looked up into his face.
"What is it? What's wrong?" Legolas asked worriedly, not knowing what had made her collapse.
"My Ada.my brothers" Leila whispered, tears falling steadily from her eyes. Legolas looked at the three elves, noting the fact that none were breathing and held Leila close. "Rilon was only 1000 and Sindadil was only just 1400" Leila whispered brokenly.
"I'm sorry, I really am" Legolas whispered. Leila nodded and started to get out. She was tired of crying but couldn't stop the tears. She slowly went over to Rilon and picked him up gently. She than walked silently back to Grey Watch. Legolas picked up Sindadil and followed her. The dead were being laid in a row and already women and children were crying around them. But Leila walked past the line to her home and lay Rilon next to her Nana. Legolas lay Sindadil there as well. Legolas went back and then brought her fathers body, with the head on his cheast as well and then lay him down with his wife.
"There all gone" Leila whispered.
"Didn't you say sisters?" Legolas asked.
"Yes, but I don't know where Risen is, she was Rilon's twin" Leila said. And then she broke down again, sobbing miserably, which didn't do her cheek and good.
A/N What do you think. Next chapter has the whole cremation thing going and reporting to the king about the attacks.