Disclamer: I don't own Legolas but I do own everyone else. Set before the
War of the Ring which is why there aren't many references to LOTR in this
story. 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?
To all those who flamed about Éowyn already doing this.she is a human! These are elves. Éowyn fought in one battle, these two fight in lots and train for years. If you notice the whole of the elven army is male so I thought this fitted. Éowyn may do the same but this is set a long time before Return of the King OK? I know Éowyn is a cool character, one of my favourites actually but this is totally different to her. One small note which had been pointed out to me, the reason the girls have joined the army is explained later on because I know it says they wasn't girl power basically but later on it is explained why girl power is so important to them.
Thank you to all those who reviewed and thank you to all those who flamed. I take flames as a persons opinion but as long as not all of my reviews are flames this story will remain up kay? I do have to agree with one piece of constructive criticism/flame, the names are not very elven I know. They would be more elven as I've just found this great name generator site but when I started this story the only names I had were the names on a list my friend Blaze made up for me. Sorry about that, I'll try to make any knew characters names more elven for you. Also the length of hair as I see it is women-really really really long! Men-just below the shoulders and always braided.
Hidden Identity
Chapter Eight, Tricked
The company was riding hard with no rests and Shí really needed the loo! Just when she was about to wet herself Legolas held up his hand and called for the company to stop.
"10 Minute break" he called. Shí dismounted quickly and ran as far away from the rest of the men as she thought safe before relieving herself. When she returned men were already starting to saddle back up but Shí put that off as long as possible and rubbed her thigh's which were absolutely aching.
"Saddle sore?" Dallas asked.
"Just a little, I prefer walking any day" Shí said to him.
"I like riding but I don't get saddle sore for some reason so I can't understand what your going through but I can tell you were nearly there" Dallas said smiling.
"And that's a good thing how?" Shí asked.
"MOUNT UP!" Dalamar shouted. Shí groaned as she did so.
"It's a good thing because the sooner we get there the sooner we get off these horses and into the fighting" Dallas said as Shí sat upright on her horse.
"And that's a good thing?" Shí asked but smiled kindly at Dallas's attempts to cheer her up.
"RIDE OUT!" and they began riding again.
Leila was bored, well actually she had been bored for quite some time now but now she was really bored out of her brains. Looking around she saw that Maruun was busy at that moment and slowly slipped out of her bed.
"Where you going?" Pedi asked loudly from her bed.
"Shhh" Leila hissed moving to her sisters side. "I'm bored so I'm sneaking out for a walk, wanna come?" Leila asked.
"Yeah!" Pedi shouted. Leila put her hand over her little sisters mouth before picking her up and carrying her quickly out of the room. Maruun looked up from the patient just in time to see her leg it into the hall. He sighed and chose to ignore her (he still thinks it's a him though). Leila walked quickly through the hall ways with a very talkative Pedi until she was totally and utterly...lost.
"Damn" Leila muttered looking up and down the corridor.
"Were lost aren't we?" Pedi asked.
"No! Well sort of" Leila muttered. "I just don't know where we are yet."
"So basically we're lost?" Pedi asked.
"Since when did you know what basically meant?" Leila asked smiling as Pedi held her hand and walked in a random direction with her.
"Since Prince Legolas explained it to me when Risen was being boring and sleeping" Pedi said in that childish way all children do so well.
"Oh" Leila said, mentally swearing to yell at the prince for teaching her sister a complicated word! They turned a corner and this corridor looked exactly like the last one they'd been in. "Ok, this is really confusing me now. Pedi, I'm sorry but I have no idea how to get back to the healing hall placy thing" Leila said to her sister.
"Can I help you?" a voice from behind them made both girls jump and turn to face a male elf with a silver crown on his head.
"Your majesty" Leila muttered, bowing her head slightly. "I'm afraid I took my little sister for a walk and now we can't find our way back to the healing hall" Leila said respectfully.
"You're quite a way away from there actually" Eriaur said thoughtfully. "It will be easier for me to just take you rather than give you directions" he said laughing.
"You look like Prince Legolas" Pedi said simply, looking up at Eriaur.
"I'm his younger brother" Eriaur said. It was true Eriaur looked like a younger version of Legolas only he wore a crown and Legolas didn't.
"Thank you very much your majesty" Leila said as she walked next to Eriaur with Pedi next to her.
"It's Eriaur" Eriaur said simply.
"I'm Sérle and this is Pedi" Leila said.
"Are you the one Legolas told us about, that captured a hooded elf on your own and beat him twice?" Eriaur asked, suddenly allot more interested than before.
"Yeeeees" Leila said slowly, making the word string out.
"He said you fight really good, even with injuries...didn't you have a broken leg?" Eriaur asked suddenly.
"I do" Leila said, gesturing to the splints visible because of the cut off trousers.
"And your walking on it?!?" Eriaur said amazed.
"Yes I am, it doesn't hurt" Leila said. Eriaur was speechless, he found Leila amazing, what he would call a perfect warrior.
"HALT!" Dalamar called. Everyone was staring ahead of them at the wreckage that had one been The Forest Gate of Mirkwood. The stanch of burning bodies filled the air and made most of the men want to gag.
"Search for survivors, but keep your guard up" Legolas ordered. The men dismounted and slowly walked through the wreckage. This, like Grey Watch had been a village and a watch post, but this one was far more important than Grey Watch because this had the gates to Mirkwood which now were wide open. They split up to search after tying their horses to pieces of what had once been buildings. Some of the villagers bodies had been piled up and set alight so some of the men put the fire out and tried to save as many of the bodies as they could. It had obviously been an unfair fight as there were only a few dead bad guys around the gate which was the bit where the warriors would have been.
"I feel sick" Shí complained as she helped pull the burnt bodies from the pile. Dagon came up behind her and tied a handkerchief around her nose and mouth.
"That'll help with the smell" he said.
"Thanks" Shí said awkwardly through the handkerchief. The other elves took the hint and did the same with their own handkerchiefs. Dagon smiled at her and helped with the body she was pulling at. Soon all the bodies were laid out and the warriors could see what an awful thing had happened here. They walked through the building and checked for cellars and when they found some they found suffocated children who had died when the homes were burnt. The children were laid out as well. Tharh(th had silent tears running down his face as did most of the elves. As Shí and Tharh(th entered one house they heard sobbing. They found the cellar door and pulled it open. Inside was a teenage girl with a toddler and a baby. The toddler was asleep and the baby was staring at them as they opened the door. The girl was the one sobbing.
"Hello" Shí said taking a step towards the girl. The girl hugged the baby tightly to her cheast and backed away from the two elves. "We aren't going to hurt you, we're here to save you" Shí said kindly. The toddler moaned and woke up. He sat up and stared at Tharh(th for a second before turning to the girl who looked doubtful.
"I'm Prince Tharh(th and I promise we only mean to help you" Tharh(th said sincerely. The girl looked at him and noted the posh armour he had on with the royal crest of Mirkwood engraved on it. She broke down into tears and the baby started to wail. Tharh(th was at a loss of what to do but Shí walked over to the girl and took the child from her.
"Hold this" Shí said putting the baby in Tharh(th's arms before Shí pulled the girl into a tight hug. The toddler looked between his wailing baby brother and his crying sister and began to tear up. Shí helped the girl to her feet and took her outside. She sat the girl on the floor and went back and took the baby from the Prince.
"Thanks" the Prince said.
"Can you pick the toddler up and bring him outside?" Shí asked. The Prince nodded and went to the toddler holding his arms out. The toddler jumped into them and was carried outside, forgetting about crying as he was being carried with someone with shiney armour! The baby was beginning to calm down in Shí's arms.
"Let's take them to my brother" Tharh(th said. Shí nodded and holding the baby in one arm helped the girl to her feet. They found Legolas with Dalamar discussing what to do next.
"My lords, we found some survivors" Shí said. The toddler had rested his head on Tharh(th's shoulder and played with one of the buckles, Legolas couldn't help but think how cute it looked.
"That's some good news at least. What are there names?" Legolas asked.
"I don't know my lord" Shí said.
"My names Eledh" the girl said quietly. She was a very pretty young girl and the name suited her. Eledh meant one of the stars and the girl certainly looked like one of the stars. "These are my brothers Thoron and Ann(n" Thoron was the inquisitive toddler and Legolas couldn't figure out why his parents had named him 'eagle' but that was his name. The little, now sleeping baby in Shí's arms was called Ann(n which made some sense as the hair on his head was more of a light orange than blonde so 'sunset' did sort of go.
"Eledh. Do you have any idea what happened here?" Legolas asked kindly.
"Yes, the village was attacked by evil people with hoods that hid their faces. We were told to hide in the cellar by Nana so we did. I heard them go around and kill everyone. Some people put up a fight but most were killed while running away. They came into our house once they'd killed everyone and ate our food and talked. Our house was the nicest in the village because Ada was in charge of the gate so that's why they chose it. They ate all our food and talked allot" Eledh had tears in her eyes as she re told what had happened.
"What about?" Dalamar asked.
"Mostly about the killing, the fact that one of us killed three of them before being taken down. But then they started talking about someone called Eriaur. The name rung a bell but I couldn't remember who it was. They talked allot about him and something to do with an attack. I couldn't hear them very well because they were talking very quietly. I did hear one of them say that 'the palace wouldn't know what hit them, with all their warriors being sent here they've left our aim unguarded' and then they left, rather quickly as well and then about half an hour later you arrived" Eledh said.
"This was a distraction! They've gone for Eriaur!" Tharh(th gasped, only just remembering to hold the toddler in his arms.
"There going to attack the palace, the guards will be over run" Dalamar said.
"MOUNT UP!" Legolas called panickly.
"What about these three?" Shí asked.
"Keep the baby and toddler with you Gaalin, you seem good with younger children and you must protect them" Dalamar said to Shí.
"I have a little sister" Shí said shrugging.
" I'll find Dallas and he can look after Eledh" Dalamar said. The warriors didn't understand why they were ordered to mount up so quickly. Shí gave the baby to Dalamar as she climbed onto her horse. Tharh(th put the toddler infront of her and then Dalamar put the baby in one of her arms. The horses were fallen in with Legolas and Dalamar infront of them.
"We ride to the palace with no stopping. This was a diversion to get us away from the palace! They go after Prince Eriaur! We must get there in time to save the people there!" Legolas shouted. "MOVE OUT!" he ordered and the party rode forewords as fast as they could.
Leila was still walking with Pedi and Eriaur when the attack started. The windows around them shattered and Pedi screamed. Through the broken windows Leila could see the palace guard, or what was left of them fighting as best as they could but they were still being over run. Eriaur was staring and Leila only just managed to pull him back to avoid being hit by an arrow.
"Thanks" Eriaur breather.
"My lord do you have a sword?" Leila asked.
"No, father won't let me carry anything bigger than this dagger" Eriaur was only 1500 so he wasn't expected to carry a sword yet. He held out a well crafted and jewelled dagger. The same went for Harnan who was 1400 so only Elbereth knew how he was going to manage in this battle.
"That'll do" Leila said taking it from him.
"FIND THE PRINCE! KILL ALL IN YOUR PATH!" someone shouted.
"Which Prince are they after?" Leila wondered.
"There he is!" one shouted, pointing up at the window where Eriaur and Leila could be seen through.
"Thanks for answering my question" Leila growled.
"There after me?" Eriaur was frozen to the spot with fear.
"It would seem so my lord, please, come with me. Can you carry Pedi?" Leila asked panickly as she heard people getting closer. Eriaur nodded and quickly picked up Pedi who was sobbing with fear.
"Leila I'm scared" Pedi screamed, in her fear forgetting to call Leila Sérle.
"Who's Leila?" Eriaur asked.
"I'll tell you later your highness. Where's the nearest armoury?" Leila asked.
"The other side of the palace" Eriaur said.
"Great" Leila groaned. "Where's the nearest room with a guard posted?" Leila asked.
"The great hall" Eriaur said.
"We'll go there then!" Leila said.
"It's that way" Eriaur said pointing down the corridor just as hooded figures appeared where he was pointing.
"Maybe we'll just go this way" Leila said quickly.
"There he is!" someone shouted.
"Run!" Leila said and that's just what they did.
A/N Wot do you think. I've already actually written the next chapter but I'm being mean and waiting a while before posting it!
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?
To all those who flamed about Éowyn already doing this.she is a human! These are elves. Éowyn fought in one battle, these two fight in lots and train for years. If you notice the whole of the elven army is male so I thought this fitted. Éowyn may do the same but this is set a long time before Return of the King OK? I know Éowyn is a cool character, one of my favourites actually but this is totally different to her. One small note which had been pointed out to me, the reason the girls have joined the army is explained later on because I know it says they wasn't girl power basically but later on it is explained why girl power is so important to them.
Thank you to all those who reviewed and thank you to all those who flamed. I take flames as a persons opinion but as long as not all of my reviews are flames this story will remain up kay? I do have to agree with one piece of constructive criticism/flame, the names are not very elven I know. They would be more elven as I've just found this great name generator site but when I started this story the only names I had were the names on a list my friend Blaze made up for me. Sorry about that, I'll try to make any knew characters names more elven for you. Also the length of hair as I see it is women-really really really long! Men-just below the shoulders and always braided.
Hidden Identity
Chapter Eight, Tricked
The company was riding hard with no rests and Shí really needed the loo! Just when she was about to wet herself Legolas held up his hand and called for the company to stop.
"10 Minute break" he called. Shí dismounted quickly and ran as far away from the rest of the men as she thought safe before relieving herself. When she returned men were already starting to saddle back up but Shí put that off as long as possible and rubbed her thigh's which were absolutely aching.
"Saddle sore?" Dallas asked.
"Just a little, I prefer walking any day" Shí said to him.
"I like riding but I don't get saddle sore for some reason so I can't understand what your going through but I can tell you were nearly there" Dallas said smiling.
"And that's a good thing how?" Shí asked.
"MOUNT UP!" Dalamar shouted. Shí groaned as she did so.
"It's a good thing because the sooner we get there the sooner we get off these horses and into the fighting" Dallas said as Shí sat upright on her horse.
"And that's a good thing?" Shí asked but smiled kindly at Dallas's attempts to cheer her up.
"RIDE OUT!" and they began riding again.
Leila was bored, well actually she had been bored for quite some time now but now she was really bored out of her brains. Looking around she saw that Maruun was busy at that moment and slowly slipped out of her bed.
"Where you going?" Pedi asked loudly from her bed.
"Shhh" Leila hissed moving to her sisters side. "I'm bored so I'm sneaking out for a walk, wanna come?" Leila asked.
"Yeah!" Pedi shouted. Leila put her hand over her little sisters mouth before picking her up and carrying her quickly out of the room. Maruun looked up from the patient just in time to see her leg it into the hall. He sighed and chose to ignore her (he still thinks it's a him though). Leila walked quickly through the hall ways with a very talkative Pedi until she was totally and utterly...lost.
"Damn" Leila muttered looking up and down the corridor.
"Were lost aren't we?" Pedi asked.
"No! Well sort of" Leila muttered. "I just don't know where we are yet."
"So basically we're lost?" Pedi asked.
"Since when did you know what basically meant?" Leila asked smiling as Pedi held her hand and walked in a random direction with her.
"Since Prince Legolas explained it to me when Risen was being boring and sleeping" Pedi said in that childish way all children do so well.
"Oh" Leila said, mentally swearing to yell at the prince for teaching her sister a complicated word! They turned a corner and this corridor looked exactly like the last one they'd been in. "Ok, this is really confusing me now. Pedi, I'm sorry but I have no idea how to get back to the healing hall placy thing" Leila said to her sister.
"Can I help you?" a voice from behind them made both girls jump and turn to face a male elf with a silver crown on his head.
"Your majesty" Leila muttered, bowing her head slightly. "I'm afraid I took my little sister for a walk and now we can't find our way back to the healing hall" Leila said respectfully.
"You're quite a way away from there actually" Eriaur said thoughtfully. "It will be easier for me to just take you rather than give you directions" he said laughing.
"You look like Prince Legolas" Pedi said simply, looking up at Eriaur.
"I'm his younger brother" Eriaur said. It was true Eriaur looked like a younger version of Legolas only he wore a crown and Legolas didn't.
"Thank you very much your majesty" Leila said as she walked next to Eriaur with Pedi next to her.
"It's Eriaur" Eriaur said simply.
"I'm Sérle and this is Pedi" Leila said.
"Are you the one Legolas told us about, that captured a hooded elf on your own and beat him twice?" Eriaur asked, suddenly allot more interested than before.
"Yeeeees" Leila said slowly, making the word string out.
"He said you fight really good, even with injuries...didn't you have a broken leg?" Eriaur asked suddenly.
"I do" Leila said, gesturing to the splints visible because of the cut off trousers.
"And your walking on it?!?" Eriaur said amazed.
"Yes I am, it doesn't hurt" Leila said. Eriaur was speechless, he found Leila amazing, what he would call a perfect warrior.
"HALT!" Dalamar called. Everyone was staring ahead of them at the wreckage that had one been The Forest Gate of Mirkwood. The stanch of burning bodies filled the air and made most of the men want to gag.
"Search for survivors, but keep your guard up" Legolas ordered. The men dismounted and slowly walked through the wreckage. This, like Grey Watch had been a village and a watch post, but this one was far more important than Grey Watch because this had the gates to Mirkwood which now were wide open. They split up to search after tying their horses to pieces of what had once been buildings. Some of the villagers bodies had been piled up and set alight so some of the men put the fire out and tried to save as many of the bodies as they could. It had obviously been an unfair fight as there were only a few dead bad guys around the gate which was the bit where the warriors would have been.
"I feel sick" Shí complained as she helped pull the burnt bodies from the pile. Dagon came up behind her and tied a handkerchief around her nose and mouth.
"That'll help with the smell" he said.
"Thanks" Shí said awkwardly through the handkerchief. The other elves took the hint and did the same with their own handkerchiefs. Dagon smiled at her and helped with the body she was pulling at. Soon all the bodies were laid out and the warriors could see what an awful thing had happened here. They walked through the building and checked for cellars and when they found some they found suffocated children who had died when the homes were burnt. The children were laid out as well. Tharh(th had silent tears running down his face as did most of the elves. As Shí and Tharh(th entered one house they heard sobbing. They found the cellar door and pulled it open. Inside was a teenage girl with a toddler and a baby. The toddler was asleep and the baby was staring at them as they opened the door. The girl was the one sobbing.
"Hello" Shí said taking a step towards the girl. The girl hugged the baby tightly to her cheast and backed away from the two elves. "We aren't going to hurt you, we're here to save you" Shí said kindly. The toddler moaned and woke up. He sat up and stared at Tharh(th for a second before turning to the girl who looked doubtful.
"I'm Prince Tharh(th and I promise we only mean to help you" Tharh(th said sincerely. The girl looked at him and noted the posh armour he had on with the royal crest of Mirkwood engraved on it. She broke down into tears and the baby started to wail. Tharh(th was at a loss of what to do but Shí walked over to the girl and took the child from her.
"Hold this" Shí said putting the baby in Tharh(th's arms before Shí pulled the girl into a tight hug. The toddler looked between his wailing baby brother and his crying sister and began to tear up. Shí helped the girl to her feet and took her outside. She sat the girl on the floor and went back and took the baby from the Prince.
"Thanks" the Prince said.
"Can you pick the toddler up and bring him outside?" Shí asked. The Prince nodded and went to the toddler holding his arms out. The toddler jumped into them and was carried outside, forgetting about crying as he was being carried with someone with shiney armour! The baby was beginning to calm down in Shí's arms.
"Let's take them to my brother" Tharh(th said. Shí nodded and holding the baby in one arm helped the girl to her feet. They found Legolas with Dalamar discussing what to do next.
"My lords, we found some survivors" Shí said. The toddler had rested his head on Tharh(th's shoulder and played with one of the buckles, Legolas couldn't help but think how cute it looked.
"That's some good news at least. What are there names?" Legolas asked.
"I don't know my lord" Shí said.
"My names Eledh" the girl said quietly. She was a very pretty young girl and the name suited her. Eledh meant one of the stars and the girl certainly looked like one of the stars. "These are my brothers Thoron and Ann(n" Thoron was the inquisitive toddler and Legolas couldn't figure out why his parents had named him 'eagle' but that was his name. The little, now sleeping baby in Shí's arms was called Ann(n which made some sense as the hair on his head was more of a light orange than blonde so 'sunset' did sort of go.
"Eledh. Do you have any idea what happened here?" Legolas asked kindly.
"Yes, the village was attacked by evil people with hoods that hid their faces. We were told to hide in the cellar by Nana so we did. I heard them go around and kill everyone. Some people put up a fight but most were killed while running away. They came into our house once they'd killed everyone and ate our food and talked. Our house was the nicest in the village because Ada was in charge of the gate so that's why they chose it. They ate all our food and talked allot" Eledh had tears in her eyes as she re told what had happened.
"What about?" Dalamar asked.
"Mostly about the killing, the fact that one of us killed three of them before being taken down. But then they started talking about someone called Eriaur. The name rung a bell but I couldn't remember who it was. They talked allot about him and something to do with an attack. I couldn't hear them very well because they were talking very quietly. I did hear one of them say that 'the palace wouldn't know what hit them, with all their warriors being sent here they've left our aim unguarded' and then they left, rather quickly as well and then about half an hour later you arrived" Eledh said.
"This was a distraction! They've gone for Eriaur!" Tharh(th gasped, only just remembering to hold the toddler in his arms.
"There going to attack the palace, the guards will be over run" Dalamar said.
"MOUNT UP!" Legolas called panickly.
"What about these three?" Shí asked.
"Keep the baby and toddler with you Gaalin, you seem good with younger children and you must protect them" Dalamar said to Shí.
"I have a little sister" Shí said shrugging.
" I'll find Dallas and he can look after Eledh" Dalamar said. The warriors didn't understand why they were ordered to mount up so quickly. Shí gave the baby to Dalamar as she climbed onto her horse. Tharh(th put the toddler infront of her and then Dalamar put the baby in one of her arms. The horses were fallen in with Legolas and Dalamar infront of them.
"We ride to the palace with no stopping. This was a diversion to get us away from the palace! They go after Prince Eriaur! We must get there in time to save the people there!" Legolas shouted. "MOVE OUT!" he ordered and the party rode forewords as fast as they could.
Leila was still walking with Pedi and Eriaur when the attack started. The windows around them shattered and Pedi screamed. Through the broken windows Leila could see the palace guard, or what was left of them fighting as best as they could but they were still being over run. Eriaur was staring and Leila only just managed to pull him back to avoid being hit by an arrow.
"Thanks" Eriaur breather.
"My lord do you have a sword?" Leila asked.
"No, father won't let me carry anything bigger than this dagger" Eriaur was only 1500 so he wasn't expected to carry a sword yet. He held out a well crafted and jewelled dagger. The same went for Harnan who was 1400 so only Elbereth knew how he was going to manage in this battle.
"That'll do" Leila said taking it from him.
"FIND THE PRINCE! KILL ALL IN YOUR PATH!" someone shouted.
"Which Prince are they after?" Leila wondered.
"There he is!" one shouted, pointing up at the window where Eriaur and Leila could be seen through.
"Thanks for answering my question" Leila growled.
"There after me?" Eriaur was frozen to the spot with fear.
"It would seem so my lord, please, come with me. Can you carry Pedi?" Leila asked panickly as she heard people getting closer. Eriaur nodded and quickly picked up Pedi who was sobbing with fear.
"Leila I'm scared" Pedi screamed, in her fear forgetting to call Leila Sérle.
"Who's Leila?" Eriaur asked.
"I'll tell you later your highness. Where's the nearest armoury?" Leila asked.
"The other side of the palace" Eriaur said.
"Great" Leila groaned. "Where's the nearest room with a guard posted?" Leila asked.
"The great hall" Eriaur said.
"We'll go there then!" Leila said.
"It's that way" Eriaur said pointing down the corridor just as hooded figures appeared where he was pointing.
"Maybe we'll just go this way" Leila said quickly.
"There he is!" someone shouted.
"Run!" Leila said and that's just what they did.
A/N Wot do you think. I've already actually written the next chapter but I'm being mean and waiting a while before posting it!