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.
I'M CRAP AT LOVE SCENES SO DON'T FLAME ME BECAUSE OF THAT, I KNOW I SUCK AT THEM WHICH IS WHY I HAVE AVOIDED THEM ... UNTIL NOW.
This is dedicated to Liz who helped me start it and has told me in person that she loves the fight scenes and ended up cheering out when she was reading it (causing her parents to look at her).
Hidden Identity
Chapter Twelve, Pedi Was Right
When Leila woke she was laid on her bed and there was a crowd of people above her.
"Welcome back" Legolas said, smiling as Leila blushed slightly. Dagon and Dallas laughed.
"Don't worry, that's the first time you've ever feinted" Dagon told her. Eriaur held a dozing Pedi in his arms and Risen was stood next to him. Shí and Ahora were stood to her right and Ahora was giggling quietly.
"What are you giggling at?" Leila asked her as she sat up.
"You feinted infront of everyone" Ahora said simply.
"Perfect way to make me feel better Ahora, I really must applaud your comforting skills" Leila said sarcastically. She stood up slowly and looked around the group. "What are you all doing here?"
"Well, one reason might be that we want to laugh at you. Another might be that we were worried about you. And the last, well we've got nothing better to do have we?" Shí asked sarcastically.
"Point taken. Well, now that you know I'm alright, have laughed at me I expect go and find something better to do!" Leila snapped, smoothing down the sides of the dress that was already annoying her.
"Touchy" Shí muttered and she and Ahora left slowly, but when they were outside the room burst into fits of laughter and ran off towards their room. Eriaur shifted Pedi slightly in his arms so he could look at her, she was sound asleep.
"I'm sorry about that" Leila said to him, indicating Pedi.
"That's alright, I'll take her to her room. Your other sister can show me the way" Eriaur said kindly, nodding to Risen who stood blushing by the wall as the attention was drawn to her. Leila motioned for her to go so slowly she did as was bid and the Prince followed her. Harnan and Tharh(th said quick goodbyes and left to find their father to discuss things of more importance.
"So, you were a girl the whole time then..." Dallas said awkwardly. "Even when you did that amazing fight...both of them?"
"What did you think I'd done, changed from a boy to a girl just now?" Leila asked, laughing at him.
"No, it's just surprising" Dallas muttered shrugging.
"Well, it does explain a few things" Dagon said.
"Like what?" Leila asked, turning to face him.
"Your high voice, the high kicks, the splits, we can't do them very easily" Dagon said, counting it on his fingers. "How good you were with kids, why you wouldn't take your shirt off, why you had to bath alone..."
"Ok I get the picture!" Leila shouted laughing. All four of the warriors were laughing by then. "There was something I wanted to ask you lot" Leila said after a slight pause. "To be honest I thought you would hate me for tricking you, but you didn't. Why didn't you, why don't you hate me?" Leila asked all three of them seriously, putting her hands very femininely on her hips.
"Well, I don't know about the other two but to me you proved your worth in every battle I have ever seen you in. And considering that you saved Prince Eriaur's life in a battle against the odds, it doesn't matter to me if you are a girl" Dagon said, putting a hand on each of Leila's shoulders. Leila felt tears well up in her eyes.
"I agree with that too. Leila, you were an amazing boy but I bet you'll make one heck of a puzzling girl" Dallas said and as Dagon removed his hands from Leila's shoulders he pulled her into a gentle yet firm hug. The tears in Leila's eyes spilled over and dripped silently down her face. "Hey none of that" Dallas said kindly, wiping the tears away with his thumbs.
"Yeah, Legolas hasn't said his bit yet" Dagon said cheerfully which caused Leila to laugh. "We'd best be going, check on the men and all that" he continued, winking discreetly at Legolas who glared at him.
"Yeah, I think that would be a good idea" Dallas said, grinning from ear to ear. The two left, looking pointedly at Legolas who glared at them as they shut the door slowly.
"So..." Legolas said, trying to think of a non-dodgy subject.
"What heart felt talk are you going to tell me?" Leila asked, nervously crossing her hands behind her back.
"I can't think of one" Legolas admitted. Leila smiled at him. Legolas was trying with all his might not to look at the neck line of her dress or the shapely curves of her body. "You-you look nice in a dress" Legolas gulped, stuttering slightly.
"You think? I'm so used to leggings that it's really hard to walk in one of these now...but it does feel nice" Leila admitted, doing a twirl infront of him. Legolas now noticed something he hadn't before, she had a really nice bum!
"So-so you like wearing dresses?" Legolas asked at last.
"Yes, but not too often if I can help it" Leila said, wiping her slightly sweaty palms on her hips. She'd always thought Legolas was handsome but had banished that thought from her mind with the repeated message in her brain 'I'm a boy-I'm a boy- I'm a boy-I'm a boy- I'm a boy- I'm a boy' but now that little voice was gone. And after what Pedi said about him loving her, Leila slapped herself angrily. He was a Prince! She was a fraud, that did not spell happiness!
"What did Pedi say to you out there?" Legolas asked quietly.
"That she wanted to tell everyone I was nice" Leila said smiling.
"But she talked to you for quite a while?" Legolas pointed out.
"She said something else but that's strictly on a need to know basis and you don't need to know" Leila said, blushing slightly.
"You pretty when you blush" Legolas said before he could help it. Leila blushed even more and she looked at his feet. "Sorry about that, it just...er...slipped out" Legolas mumbled.
"It's ok your highness" Leila mumbled. Legolas gently tilted her head up with his hand under her chin.
"It's Legolas, just like it was before. Not your highness" Legolas said smiling, trying to ignore the sweet sensation he got from touching Leila's smooth skin. Leila felt a sort of electric shock when his hand gently tilted her head up. For a moment they just stared at her awkwardly before Legolas bent down and kissed her lightly on the lips. "Congratulations on being allowed to stay" he said awkwardly afterwards, leaving the room quickly. Leila slowly brought her hand up to her lips and stared at the door in a mixture of surprise, shock and utter happiness.
Legolas collapsed onto his bed, his hands over his face and wild thought's running through his head. Did she feel like I did when I kissed her? Will she despise me for that? Oh I don't believe I did that! Her lips were so soft... She was so curvy... WHY DID I KISS HER? SHE'LL HATE ME! Legolas groaned and tried in vain not to think too much about it but he couldn't get out of his head the way she looked with the sun shining around her and her hair loose like, the way she blushed, the softness of her skin and the smoothness of her lips.
"What am I thinking? She'll hate me now" Legolas groaned, burying his face in his pillow.
The Next Day,
Leila was walking around the gardens in a dress that had been given to her by the palace tailors so that she had a different one for each day of the week. This one was lilac but the sleeves were cut up to the elbow so that they fell off the sides and from the belt down there were slits in the lilac fabric to reveal a pale blue fabric underneath. Her hair was braided like she had worn it as a warrior and she still had her warrior boots on with her knife tucked into the right one. She reached the clearing where she had fought the final battle. The bodies were gone but a plague had been put up under the tree by someone. In this clearing the greatest battle fought by a single warrior was fought. To save Prince Eriaur of Mirkwood a young warrior fought and beat 9 enemy elves single handed.
"They don't mention your name" a voice said from above her. Leila gasped and jumped back, looking up into the tree. Legolas was lazily sat there with an arrow in his hands and a knife in the other.
"What were you doing up there?" Leila asked suspiciously.
"Fletching my arrows and watching you" Legolas said simply. He had been fletching his arrows before she walked up and then he could take his eyes off her, especially when she stood below him and he was able to look down the front of her dress.
"Oh, can I join you?" Leila asked, gesturing to the tree.
"Be my guest" Legolas said. Neither of them had forgotten the hasty kiss but Leila was trying to ignore and Legolas had convinced himself she wouldn't like him. She pulled up her dress slightly and climbed up the tree, sitting next to Legolas in the place where Eriaur and Pedi must have been sat for the branches were shaped like a sort of chair. Legolas tried to focus on his arrow and knife but his attention drifted to Leila who was looking at the view from the tree. He cursed slightly as his knife cut the palm of his hand during his lack of concentration.
"What's wrong?" Leila asked, turning to face him.
"Nothing, just cut my hand is all" Legolas said, pressing a cleaning cloth to the cut.
"Weren't paying attention to the knife were you?" Leila asked, smiling at him. Legolas nearly melted under her smile. Even when she had been a boy her smile had been so sweet it had made her seem younger, now it made her seem allot prettier.
"Something like that" Legolas said, trying to focus on stopping the blood. Silence stretched out between them and Leila found it very uncomfortable. Just as she was about to speak Legolas beat her to it. "You know yesterday when I kissed you? Well it would probably be better if we just forgot that whole thing because you're obviously uncomfortable around me and..."
"I'm not uncomfortable around you" Leila interrupted him.
"Well...you seem it to me. If you like we could think of it purely as an accident, I'm not saying it was on purpose, I didn't mean to...I mean I did mean to but...oh" Legolas sighed in frustration.
"You have totally lost me" Leila informed him kindly.
"I think I've lost myself as well" Legolas said. Silence again. Legolas thought he would burst if he didn't do or say something soon. She was just there, just there! Right next to him in one of the most low cut dresses he'd ever seen but there he was getting tongue tied! But, Legolas remember, if he did start a relationship with her everyone would think that was the only reason she was still in Mirkwood and was still a warrior. That would just cause her too much grief and...
Leila was feeling pretty much the same as him at that moment. She really badly wanted to feel his lips on hers again but she was afraid that it wouldn't be proper...or the right moment to lean over and kiss him but once again he beat her to it doing just that. Leila made a muffled yelp of surprise before she felt his hands go behind her neck and hers automatically did the same around his neck.
'To hell with consequences!" both of them thought as they kissed. The arrows and knife feel to the floor with a small thud as Legolas pulled Leila closer to him...
A/N I did warn you at the top about how crap I was at writing romance but if you still wish to flame me, go right ahead. The next chapter might get intimate I don't know yet. There will be more action //hint// kidnapping of little people //hint//.
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.
I'M CRAP AT LOVE SCENES SO DON'T FLAME ME BECAUSE OF THAT, I KNOW I SUCK AT THEM WHICH IS WHY I HAVE AVOIDED THEM ... UNTIL NOW.
This is dedicated to Liz who helped me start it and has told me in person that she loves the fight scenes and ended up cheering out when she was reading it (causing her parents to look at her).
Hidden Identity
Chapter Twelve, Pedi Was Right
When Leila woke she was laid on her bed and there was a crowd of people above her.
"Welcome back" Legolas said, smiling as Leila blushed slightly. Dagon and Dallas laughed.
"Don't worry, that's the first time you've ever feinted" Dagon told her. Eriaur held a dozing Pedi in his arms and Risen was stood next to him. Shí and Ahora were stood to her right and Ahora was giggling quietly.
"What are you giggling at?" Leila asked her as she sat up.
"You feinted infront of everyone" Ahora said simply.
"Perfect way to make me feel better Ahora, I really must applaud your comforting skills" Leila said sarcastically. She stood up slowly and looked around the group. "What are you all doing here?"
"Well, one reason might be that we want to laugh at you. Another might be that we were worried about you. And the last, well we've got nothing better to do have we?" Shí asked sarcastically.
"Point taken. Well, now that you know I'm alright, have laughed at me I expect go and find something better to do!" Leila snapped, smoothing down the sides of the dress that was already annoying her.
"Touchy" Shí muttered and she and Ahora left slowly, but when they were outside the room burst into fits of laughter and ran off towards their room. Eriaur shifted Pedi slightly in his arms so he could look at her, she was sound asleep.
"I'm sorry about that" Leila said to him, indicating Pedi.
"That's alright, I'll take her to her room. Your other sister can show me the way" Eriaur said kindly, nodding to Risen who stood blushing by the wall as the attention was drawn to her. Leila motioned for her to go so slowly she did as was bid and the Prince followed her. Harnan and Tharh(th said quick goodbyes and left to find their father to discuss things of more importance.
"So, you were a girl the whole time then..." Dallas said awkwardly. "Even when you did that amazing fight...both of them?"
"What did you think I'd done, changed from a boy to a girl just now?" Leila asked, laughing at him.
"No, it's just surprising" Dallas muttered shrugging.
"Well, it does explain a few things" Dagon said.
"Like what?" Leila asked, turning to face him.
"Your high voice, the high kicks, the splits, we can't do them very easily" Dagon said, counting it on his fingers. "How good you were with kids, why you wouldn't take your shirt off, why you had to bath alone..."
"Ok I get the picture!" Leila shouted laughing. All four of the warriors were laughing by then. "There was something I wanted to ask you lot" Leila said after a slight pause. "To be honest I thought you would hate me for tricking you, but you didn't. Why didn't you, why don't you hate me?" Leila asked all three of them seriously, putting her hands very femininely on her hips.
"Well, I don't know about the other two but to me you proved your worth in every battle I have ever seen you in. And considering that you saved Prince Eriaur's life in a battle against the odds, it doesn't matter to me if you are a girl" Dagon said, putting a hand on each of Leila's shoulders. Leila felt tears well up in her eyes.
"I agree with that too. Leila, you were an amazing boy but I bet you'll make one heck of a puzzling girl" Dallas said and as Dagon removed his hands from Leila's shoulders he pulled her into a gentle yet firm hug. The tears in Leila's eyes spilled over and dripped silently down her face. "Hey none of that" Dallas said kindly, wiping the tears away with his thumbs.
"Yeah, Legolas hasn't said his bit yet" Dagon said cheerfully which caused Leila to laugh. "We'd best be going, check on the men and all that" he continued, winking discreetly at Legolas who glared at him.
"Yeah, I think that would be a good idea" Dallas said, grinning from ear to ear. The two left, looking pointedly at Legolas who glared at them as they shut the door slowly.
"So..." Legolas said, trying to think of a non-dodgy subject.
"What heart felt talk are you going to tell me?" Leila asked, nervously crossing her hands behind her back.
"I can't think of one" Legolas admitted. Leila smiled at him. Legolas was trying with all his might not to look at the neck line of her dress or the shapely curves of her body. "You-you look nice in a dress" Legolas gulped, stuttering slightly.
"You think? I'm so used to leggings that it's really hard to walk in one of these now...but it does feel nice" Leila admitted, doing a twirl infront of him. Legolas now noticed something he hadn't before, she had a really nice bum!
"So-so you like wearing dresses?" Legolas asked at last.
"Yes, but not too often if I can help it" Leila said, wiping her slightly sweaty palms on her hips. She'd always thought Legolas was handsome but had banished that thought from her mind with the repeated message in her brain 'I'm a boy-I'm a boy- I'm a boy-I'm a boy- I'm a boy- I'm a boy' but now that little voice was gone. And after what Pedi said about him loving her, Leila slapped herself angrily. He was a Prince! She was a fraud, that did not spell happiness!
"What did Pedi say to you out there?" Legolas asked quietly.
"That she wanted to tell everyone I was nice" Leila said smiling.
"But she talked to you for quite a while?" Legolas pointed out.
"She said something else but that's strictly on a need to know basis and you don't need to know" Leila said, blushing slightly.
"You pretty when you blush" Legolas said before he could help it. Leila blushed even more and she looked at his feet. "Sorry about that, it just...er...slipped out" Legolas mumbled.
"It's ok your highness" Leila mumbled. Legolas gently tilted her head up with his hand under her chin.
"It's Legolas, just like it was before. Not your highness" Legolas said smiling, trying to ignore the sweet sensation he got from touching Leila's smooth skin. Leila felt a sort of electric shock when his hand gently tilted her head up. For a moment they just stared at her awkwardly before Legolas bent down and kissed her lightly on the lips. "Congratulations on being allowed to stay" he said awkwardly afterwards, leaving the room quickly. Leila slowly brought her hand up to her lips and stared at the door in a mixture of surprise, shock and utter happiness.
Legolas collapsed onto his bed, his hands over his face and wild thought's running through his head. Did she feel like I did when I kissed her? Will she despise me for that? Oh I don't believe I did that! Her lips were so soft... She was so curvy... WHY DID I KISS HER? SHE'LL HATE ME! Legolas groaned and tried in vain not to think too much about it but he couldn't get out of his head the way she looked with the sun shining around her and her hair loose like, the way she blushed, the softness of her skin and the smoothness of her lips.
"What am I thinking? She'll hate me now" Legolas groaned, burying his face in his pillow.
The Next Day,
Leila was walking around the gardens in a dress that had been given to her by the palace tailors so that she had a different one for each day of the week. This one was lilac but the sleeves were cut up to the elbow so that they fell off the sides and from the belt down there were slits in the lilac fabric to reveal a pale blue fabric underneath. Her hair was braided like she had worn it as a warrior and she still had her warrior boots on with her knife tucked into the right one. She reached the clearing where she had fought the final battle. The bodies were gone but a plague had been put up under the tree by someone. In this clearing the greatest battle fought by a single warrior was fought. To save Prince Eriaur of Mirkwood a young warrior fought and beat 9 enemy elves single handed.
"They don't mention your name" a voice said from above her. Leila gasped and jumped back, looking up into the tree. Legolas was lazily sat there with an arrow in his hands and a knife in the other.
"What were you doing up there?" Leila asked suspiciously.
"Fletching my arrows and watching you" Legolas said simply. He had been fletching his arrows before she walked up and then he could take his eyes off her, especially when she stood below him and he was able to look down the front of her dress.
"Oh, can I join you?" Leila asked, gesturing to the tree.
"Be my guest" Legolas said. Neither of them had forgotten the hasty kiss but Leila was trying to ignore and Legolas had convinced himself she wouldn't like him. She pulled up her dress slightly and climbed up the tree, sitting next to Legolas in the place where Eriaur and Pedi must have been sat for the branches were shaped like a sort of chair. Legolas tried to focus on his arrow and knife but his attention drifted to Leila who was looking at the view from the tree. He cursed slightly as his knife cut the palm of his hand during his lack of concentration.
"What's wrong?" Leila asked, turning to face him.
"Nothing, just cut my hand is all" Legolas said, pressing a cleaning cloth to the cut.
"Weren't paying attention to the knife were you?" Leila asked, smiling at him. Legolas nearly melted under her smile. Even when she had been a boy her smile had been so sweet it had made her seem younger, now it made her seem allot prettier.
"Something like that" Legolas said, trying to focus on stopping the blood. Silence stretched out between them and Leila found it very uncomfortable. Just as she was about to speak Legolas beat her to it. "You know yesterday when I kissed you? Well it would probably be better if we just forgot that whole thing because you're obviously uncomfortable around me and..."
"I'm not uncomfortable around you" Leila interrupted him.
"Well...you seem it to me. If you like we could think of it purely as an accident, I'm not saying it was on purpose, I didn't mean to...I mean I did mean to but...oh" Legolas sighed in frustration.
"You have totally lost me" Leila informed him kindly.
"I think I've lost myself as well" Legolas said. Silence again. Legolas thought he would burst if he didn't do or say something soon. She was just there, just there! Right next to him in one of the most low cut dresses he'd ever seen but there he was getting tongue tied! But, Legolas remember, if he did start a relationship with her everyone would think that was the only reason she was still in Mirkwood and was still a warrior. That would just cause her too much grief and...
Leila was feeling pretty much the same as him at that moment. She really badly wanted to feel his lips on hers again but she was afraid that it wouldn't be proper...or the right moment to lean over and kiss him but once again he beat her to it doing just that. Leila made a muffled yelp of surprise before she felt his hands go behind her neck and hers automatically did the same around his neck.
'To hell with consequences!" both of them thought as they kissed. The arrows and knife feel to the floor with a small thud as Legolas pulled Leila closer to him...
A/N I did warn you at the top about how crap I was at writing romance but if you still wish to flame me, go right ahead. The next chapter might get intimate I don't know yet. There will be more action //hint// kidnapping of little people //hint//.