Disclamer: I don't own Legolas but I do own everyone else. Set before the
War of the Ring. Two girls, 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. Basically minus the 2 0's and you got the age they look like. 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 4; An Eventful Journey
"I would like you to gather what things you want from your homes, then we will be putting the dead in their homes and burning them so that their soles can be free" Legolas said to the group of women. Out of the 150 men they had brought back, 5 were alive. Immediately the women and children went to pack. Shí sat with her brother, mother, sister and girlfriend, all were now in on the playing a boy thing. Pedoé was still sound asleep. Leila was searching through her house getting things that would remind her of her now deceased family. Her mothers best dress, her father's father's father's sword, Rilon's first bow which was tiny, Risens best hair clips and Sindadil's first knife, which was a blunt as a stone now. She put them all in a bag and put that in her pack on her saddle. She collected some of her old things as well, a couple of dresses, hair clip and her old teddy bear (I know, not very LOTR but work with me here). She put them in too. As she was about to go she heard sniffling coming from Risen's closet. Slowly Leila opened the door and there was Risen, bruised and bleeding and crying like a small child.
"Risen?" Leila breathed in shock.
"Leila? Leila!" Risen cried jumping into her sisters arms.
"What happened Risen?" Leila asked as she rocked her trembling sister in her arms.
"Bad men came, Pedoé screamed and hid under the table just as the roof fell in, they'd set it on fire and Nana died when someone opened the door and stabbed her with a knife. I tried to run away but her grabbed me and he hit me and he threw me into the wall. I was so scared at that I bit his hand when her tried to grab me again and he slashed at me with his knife. I ran in here and hid in my closet. He didn't follow me, I think the house was burning or something but them I couldn't open the door and then you came" Risen said, gulping as she spoke.
"Oh Risen. It's alright, I'm here" Leila whispered.
"Rilon's gone, I can feel it" Risen mumbled into Leila's shoulder.
"I know, I'm sorry" Leila whispered.
"Who's gone?" Risen asked.
"Everyone bar me and Pedi" Leila whispered. "Risen, I'm pretending to be a boy, Sérle's my name now. Please don't cry Risen, I'll stay with you" Leila whispered.
"Sérle! We need to start lighting now!" Legolas cried.
Shí slowly packed Gwaithdil's things into his bag and did the same with her mothers, who was too distraught to pack, her sisters who was asleep with her mother and her old things. She'd collected things to remind her of her father, she'd got his sword from his hands and his best shirt from his draw. She slowly put that on her horse and helped her mother and sister out of the house. Gwaithdil was already on her horse, his leg had a bandage on it that was slowly turning red.
"You alright Dil?" Shí asked.
"Yes, shame about Ada, can I have some Lambas bread?" he was still a bit dazed from the shock.
"Yes it was Dil" Shí mumbled, giving him a corner of bread before returning to the house. She took one last look around, kissed her fathers forehead and left, shutting the door behind her.
Each man was given a torch and told to light one of the houses. They did so sadly. The women and children cried.especially Pedi and Risen. Leila stood infront of her burning house and watched as where she had lived for the first 1520 years of her life burned to the ground, taking it's deceased owners with it. Shí stood with her mother and little sister and watched at their home burnt down, their brave father with it.
"Nana, where Ada?" Carcaren asked sleepily.
"He's had to go away Cari" Shí's mother said sadly.
"Oh, will I ever see him again?" Cari asked.
"Possibly" Shí's mother whispered, dreading the thought of her daughter dying. Soon all the houses were alight and the people had to start moving. Leila walked because Pedi and Risen were on her horse. Most of the warriors had done the same so that the women and children didn't have to walk too far. Leila suddenly found her feet pulled out from under her and felt herself land on the floor with their prisoner stood over her. His bonds had somehow been cut and he was holding a knife ready to stab her.
"Sérle!" Risen screamed. Everyone turned to face them just as Valbal moved to stab Leila in the heart.but found a little body on his back and managed to slash her stomach instead. He growled and threw Pedi off him so hard that she didn't rise from where she had fallen. The warriors were starting forewords and were about to interfere when Leila jumped up, put her hands on Vabal's shoulders and jumped over him. She twisted in the air and landed facing his back where she then kicked him hard so he landed on the ground and then she rested her foot on the back of his neck. Al this happened in a matter of seconds, faster than any of the warriors had seen any one fight like that.
"Never.ever hurt my sister again" Leila growled in a very un-Leila type way. Valbal growled and then twisted, slashing Leila's leg with the knife still in his hand. Now the warriors didn't want to interfere.in case Leila turned on them. She easily dodged his knife and then ran at a tree, she ran up it and jumped over Valbal, pushed him in the tree and grabbed the knife from his hand. Legolas walked up incredibly dazed and with a knife wound on his fore arm just in time to see her do this. Valbal growled at her beating him again and kicked at her shin, causing it to break. She fell sideways and Valbal got ready to kill her when Leila stood up, even after all this.
"That lad is one fighter" Dalamar said to Legolas.
"Shouldn't we stop this?" Dagon asked. Legolas and Dalamar shook their heads, it was obvious their side was winning. Valbal had got the knife back and now Leila had a cut on the left leg, a broken right leg, her stitches in her cheek had re opened and blood was forming on her stomach. Valbal moved to stab her again when Leila swung her broken leg into his hand, knocking the knife from it. Valbal froze, holding his hand. Leila still had her leg up and was glaring at him.
"Ow" a little voice mumbled. Leila moved before anyone realised what was doing. She span around on one foot and kicked Valbal's head so that it span to the right. He reeled and landed on the floor unconscious. Leila spat on him and then limped over to Pedi. The crowd were still frozen, amazed at how she fought even with a broken leg and managed to walk away from the battle. She picked Pedi up of the ground. Pedi's right arm was bruised and scratched but other than that she seemed fine. Leila placed her back infront of her saddle.
"Let's start moving again!" Legolas called. Dalamar had tied Valbal's unconscious body onto his horse and started walking alongside it. Legolas mounted his horse which Valbal had somehow managed to get him off of and rode at the back of the group with Leila (who was walking). While she walked she tied the reins to her left wrist and ripped an old shirt into strips. Then she bandaged her stomach awkwardly. She held one out to Legolas.
"For your arm" she said. He took it and wrapped it around the cut. Leila was limping greatly but seemed to be ignoring it.
"You shouldn't be walking on that, we all heard it crack" Legolas told her.
"Well my horse can't take three people" Leila said. She reached up and wrapped one of the strips around Pedi's hurt arm before kissing it. "Does it hurt anywhere else Pedi?" Leila asked. How she managed to walk, bandage, talk and lead a horse at the same time, with a broken leg Legolas never figured out.
"Uh-huh" Pedi mumbled.
"Where?" Leila asked. Pedi moved her hand from her ankle to her hip. "That'll bruise. You really take after father and me don't you, I've never seen someone look so much like a cat" Leila said kindly. Pedi giggled happily. She yawned and blinked slightly. Soon she was asleep in Risen's arms and Risen was asleep, her head resting on the top of Pedi's. Blood still dripped from Leila's cheek and ankle but there was nothing she could do about that. Legolas was about to speak when Shí ran up.
"You were amazing!" she said happily.
"Thank you" Leila said. (You know how people talk when someone compliments them like.by saying how clean they were and there kinda embarrassed and confused, you know what I mean? No? watch princess diaries and you'll know but that's how she said that)
"I've never seen you fight like that before! Usually your like, shall I do this or shall I not but when she kicked him and flipped and did the cool thing with the tree.wow" Shí said awe struck.
"Yeah well, he threw Pedi. You know how I am about family" Leila said to Shí.
"Yep, like the time that boy pushed Rilon and you kicked his head in. That was also funny" Shí said.
"I was only 1000, don't remind me of that all the time" Leila said smiling. As if noticing for the first time Shí looked at Leila's leg.
"That's broken"
"Nuh, yah think?" Leila asked sarcastically.
"Shut up! What I mean is you shouldn't be walking on it" Shí said. She took one of the strips from Leila and pushed it against Leila's cheek. "And this should be bandaged.and your ankle."
"Well, if you want to try doing all that while were walking, be my guest" Leila said to her.
"Ah" Shí said noticing what she meant. "Well, stop for a sec, give me once of those" Shí said taking another strip. She bent down and tied it quickly around Leila's ankle. "Walk" she ordered. Leila laughed and began limping again.
"Thank you" she said to Shí.
"No problemo. Now keep your head still and this should work" Shí said, grabbing another strip. She put the one she had pressed against Leila's cheek against the cut again and then tied it on with the other one. It ended up with the strip covering Leila's eye.
"Great Shí, now I cant see" Leila said sarcastically. Legolas was startled by the name she used.
"well, unless you can live without breathing then that's as good as its gonna get" Shí said smiling.
"Thanks" Leila said. Legolas coughed and both girls jumped and looked at him.
"Did I hear right or are you both girls?" Legolas asked.
"Oh dear" Leila muttered, realising she had called Shí by her real name.
A/N There you go, I'll write more. Soz to those of you who don't like the fact that I've made Leila an unlucky person.
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. Basically minus the 2 0's and you got the age they look like. 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 4; An Eventful Journey
"I would like you to gather what things you want from your homes, then we will be putting the dead in their homes and burning them so that their soles can be free" Legolas said to the group of women. Out of the 150 men they had brought back, 5 were alive. Immediately the women and children went to pack. Shí sat with her brother, mother, sister and girlfriend, all were now in on the playing a boy thing. Pedoé was still sound asleep. Leila was searching through her house getting things that would remind her of her now deceased family. Her mothers best dress, her father's father's father's sword, Rilon's first bow which was tiny, Risens best hair clips and Sindadil's first knife, which was a blunt as a stone now. She put them all in a bag and put that in her pack on her saddle. She collected some of her old things as well, a couple of dresses, hair clip and her old teddy bear (I know, not very LOTR but work with me here). She put them in too. As she was about to go she heard sniffling coming from Risen's closet. Slowly Leila opened the door and there was Risen, bruised and bleeding and crying like a small child.
"Risen?" Leila breathed in shock.
"Leila? Leila!" Risen cried jumping into her sisters arms.
"What happened Risen?" Leila asked as she rocked her trembling sister in her arms.
"Bad men came, Pedoé screamed and hid under the table just as the roof fell in, they'd set it on fire and Nana died when someone opened the door and stabbed her with a knife. I tried to run away but her grabbed me and he hit me and he threw me into the wall. I was so scared at that I bit his hand when her tried to grab me again and he slashed at me with his knife. I ran in here and hid in my closet. He didn't follow me, I think the house was burning or something but them I couldn't open the door and then you came" Risen said, gulping as she spoke.
"Oh Risen. It's alright, I'm here" Leila whispered.
"Rilon's gone, I can feel it" Risen mumbled into Leila's shoulder.
"I know, I'm sorry" Leila whispered.
"Who's gone?" Risen asked.
"Everyone bar me and Pedi" Leila whispered. "Risen, I'm pretending to be a boy, Sérle's my name now. Please don't cry Risen, I'll stay with you" Leila whispered.
"Sérle! We need to start lighting now!" Legolas cried.
Shí slowly packed Gwaithdil's things into his bag and did the same with her mothers, who was too distraught to pack, her sisters who was asleep with her mother and her old things. She'd collected things to remind her of her father, she'd got his sword from his hands and his best shirt from his draw. She slowly put that on her horse and helped her mother and sister out of the house. Gwaithdil was already on her horse, his leg had a bandage on it that was slowly turning red.
"You alright Dil?" Shí asked.
"Yes, shame about Ada, can I have some Lambas bread?" he was still a bit dazed from the shock.
"Yes it was Dil" Shí mumbled, giving him a corner of bread before returning to the house. She took one last look around, kissed her fathers forehead and left, shutting the door behind her.
Each man was given a torch and told to light one of the houses. They did so sadly. The women and children cried.especially Pedi and Risen. Leila stood infront of her burning house and watched as where she had lived for the first 1520 years of her life burned to the ground, taking it's deceased owners with it. Shí stood with her mother and little sister and watched at their home burnt down, their brave father with it.
"Nana, where Ada?" Carcaren asked sleepily.
"He's had to go away Cari" Shí's mother said sadly.
"Oh, will I ever see him again?" Cari asked.
"Possibly" Shí's mother whispered, dreading the thought of her daughter dying. Soon all the houses were alight and the people had to start moving. Leila walked because Pedi and Risen were on her horse. Most of the warriors had done the same so that the women and children didn't have to walk too far. Leila suddenly found her feet pulled out from under her and felt herself land on the floor with their prisoner stood over her. His bonds had somehow been cut and he was holding a knife ready to stab her.
"Sérle!" Risen screamed. Everyone turned to face them just as Valbal moved to stab Leila in the heart.but found a little body on his back and managed to slash her stomach instead. He growled and threw Pedi off him so hard that she didn't rise from where she had fallen. The warriors were starting forewords and were about to interfere when Leila jumped up, put her hands on Vabal's shoulders and jumped over him. She twisted in the air and landed facing his back where she then kicked him hard so he landed on the ground and then she rested her foot on the back of his neck. Al this happened in a matter of seconds, faster than any of the warriors had seen any one fight like that.
"Never.ever hurt my sister again" Leila growled in a very un-Leila type way. Valbal growled and then twisted, slashing Leila's leg with the knife still in his hand. Now the warriors didn't want to interfere.in case Leila turned on them. She easily dodged his knife and then ran at a tree, she ran up it and jumped over Valbal, pushed him in the tree and grabbed the knife from his hand. Legolas walked up incredibly dazed and with a knife wound on his fore arm just in time to see her do this. Valbal growled at her beating him again and kicked at her shin, causing it to break. She fell sideways and Valbal got ready to kill her when Leila stood up, even after all this.
"That lad is one fighter" Dalamar said to Legolas.
"Shouldn't we stop this?" Dagon asked. Legolas and Dalamar shook their heads, it was obvious their side was winning. Valbal had got the knife back and now Leila had a cut on the left leg, a broken right leg, her stitches in her cheek had re opened and blood was forming on her stomach. Valbal moved to stab her again when Leila swung her broken leg into his hand, knocking the knife from it. Valbal froze, holding his hand. Leila still had her leg up and was glaring at him.
"Ow" a little voice mumbled. Leila moved before anyone realised what was doing. She span around on one foot and kicked Valbal's head so that it span to the right. He reeled and landed on the floor unconscious. Leila spat on him and then limped over to Pedi. The crowd were still frozen, amazed at how she fought even with a broken leg and managed to walk away from the battle. She picked Pedi up of the ground. Pedi's right arm was bruised and scratched but other than that she seemed fine. Leila placed her back infront of her saddle.
"Let's start moving again!" Legolas called. Dalamar had tied Valbal's unconscious body onto his horse and started walking alongside it. Legolas mounted his horse which Valbal had somehow managed to get him off of and rode at the back of the group with Leila (who was walking). While she walked she tied the reins to her left wrist and ripped an old shirt into strips. Then she bandaged her stomach awkwardly. She held one out to Legolas.
"For your arm" she said. He took it and wrapped it around the cut. Leila was limping greatly but seemed to be ignoring it.
"You shouldn't be walking on that, we all heard it crack" Legolas told her.
"Well my horse can't take three people" Leila said. She reached up and wrapped one of the strips around Pedi's hurt arm before kissing it. "Does it hurt anywhere else Pedi?" Leila asked. How she managed to walk, bandage, talk and lead a horse at the same time, with a broken leg Legolas never figured out.
"Uh-huh" Pedi mumbled.
"Where?" Leila asked. Pedi moved her hand from her ankle to her hip. "That'll bruise. You really take after father and me don't you, I've never seen someone look so much like a cat" Leila said kindly. Pedi giggled happily. She yawned and blinked slightly. Soon she was asleep in Risen's arms and Risen was asleep, her head resting on the top of Pedi's. Blood still dripped from Leila's cheek and ankle but there was nothing she could do about that. Legolas was about to speak when Shí ran up.
"You were amazing!" she said happily.
"Thank you" Leila said. (You know how people talk when someone compliments them like.by saying how clean they were and there kinda embarrassed and confused, you know what I mean? No? watch princess diaries and you'll know but that's how she said that)
"I've never seen you fight like that before! Usually your like, shall I do this or shall I not but when she kicked him and flipped and did the cool thing with the tree.wow" Shí said awe struck.
"Yeah well, he threw Pedi. You know how I am about family" Leila said to Shí.
"Yep, like the time that boy pushed Rilon and you kicked his head in. That was also funny" Shí said.
"I was only 1000, don't remind me of that all the time" Leila said smiling. As if noticing for the first time Shí looked at Leila's leg.
"That's broken"
"Nuh, yah think?" Leila asked sarcastically.
"Shut up! What I mean is you shouldn't be walking on it" Shí said. She took one of the strips from Leila and pushed it against Leila's cheek. "And this should be bandaged.and your ankle."
"Well, if you want to try doing all that while were walking, be my guest" Leila said to her.
"Ah" Shí said noticing what she meant. "Well, stop for a sec, give me once of those" Shí said taking another strip. She bent down and tied it quickly around Leila's ankle. "Walk" she ordered. Leila laughed and began limping again.
"Thank you" she said to Shí.
"No problemo. Now keep your head still and this should work" Shí said, grabbing another strip. She put the one she had pressed against Leila's cheek against the cut again and then tied it on with the other one. It ended up with the strip covering Leila's eye.
"Great Shí, now I cant see" Leila said sarcastically. Legolas was startled by the name she used.
"well, unless you can live without breathing then that's as good as its gonna get" Shí said smiling.
"Thanks" Leila said. Legolas coughed and both girls jumped and looked at him.
"Did I hear right or are you both girls?" Legolas asked.
"Oh dear" Leila muttered, realising she had called Shí by her real name.
A/N There you go, I'll write more. Soz to those of you who don't like the fact that I've made Leila an unlucky person.