Chapter 14, Getting On With Life, For A Time At Least
4 Weeks Later,
Legolas sat in his room reading through the note again and again before crumpling it up in his hand and throwing it onto the floor. He grabbed his bow and quiver and headed toward the archery courts to vent some of his anger.
While Legolas vented his anger out on the poor targets, Leila trudged on towards Imladris. This proved to be quite difficult for it was mostly up hill. She pulled up the front of her dress when she reached a stream and simply began to walk through it. She was startled when an arrow landed by her head in the tree she was standing next to. She jumped and looked for her 'attacker'. She moved away from the tree but found another arrow coming at her. She screamed and ducked just in time.
"It's a girl!" a male voice said sounding shocked.
"What did I look like? A gazelle?!?" Leila asked angrily as she stood upright again, brushing her dress down. Two men rode forewords, two identical men on very similar horses. She looked from one to the other frowning. She looked at their attire, very well made tunic and leggings, fine wrist guards and their longish brown hair was tightly braided in the style of elven lords.
"I'm sorry my lady but we did not realise..." one began.
"Well next time use those eyes of yours and look at what your shooting before you shoot it!" Leila snapped, beginning to cross the stream again.
"What are you doing so far from Mirkwood?" the other one asked.
"If you must know I'm going to Imladris, now if you'll excuse me" Leila snapped as she reached the other side of the lake. She glared at the two elves and tried to walk past them.
"Do you have no horse?" one asked.
"No, otherwise I would be riding it!" Leila snapped. She'd found herself getting more and more sarcastic as she'd been walking and now she was venting it on these two annoyingly handsome elves. Plus she'd started being sick in the mornings, but had been blaming it on the walking.
"We are also going to Imladris my lady. We will escort you the rest of the way" the other one said.
"Oh I'm sure that won't be necessary, I can take care of myself" Leila said sarcastically.
"Orcs roam freely across the land, it is not safe for a lady to be out alone at night" the other said.
"Well, I know how to take care of myself thank you" Leila snapped, walking past them so that they had to turn their horses around to look at her. She just continued walking away.
"You carry no weapons my lady. The beasts are well armed" one said.
"I'll use hand to hand!" Leila snapped.
"They will kill you" the other said.
"Oh shut up! Your confusing me with your talking and trust me, I can take care of myself because I..." Leila suddenly found herself becoming light headed. She hadn't eaten in a while she realised, nor had she drunk. 'Great' she thought as she collapsed unconscious to the ground.
(Liz wrote this bit when she was bored in English and I said I'd put it in for her)
"Hey!" Shí called into her and Ahora's room. "Hey yourself" Ahora said as she walked out of the bathroom. She walked up to Shí and hugged her, resting her head on the taller girls shoulder. "How was your day, Baby?" Shí asked the love of her life. "Fair, you?" Ahora replied as she turned to look at her. "Pretty bad really, I still can't believe she did that!" Shí commented as she continued to hold the smaller girl. Shí hadn't stopped complaining about Leila leaving since she...left. Shí moved her head so she was looking into her lover's eyes and smiled softly "You know I love you, right?" "Yeah, sweetie, I know. You know I love you too, right?" Ahora replied as Shí moved closer her. "Yeah, I know" Shí answer as she moved her head down to capture Ahora's soft lips. Slowly Shí moved her arms so that they were around Ahora's waist gently holding her closer. Ahora moved her hand up from where they had been resting on Shí's neck to the back of her head, pulling her further into the kiss. They stayed like that for time, until passion began to take over. Slowly Ahora opened and closed her mouth, running her tongue over Shí's lips, asking for entrance. Shí readily agreed, allowing their tongues to explore each others mouths. Ahora moaned into Shí's mouth as they backed up to the bed. Shí moved back up the bed and leaned against the head rest as Ahora pulled at the edge of her dress, lifting it clear over her head and doing a sexy little dance as she crawled up the bed to Shí. Shí couldn't take her eyes off the other girl's delectable frame, her eyes drifting towards her breasts, hidden by the thin petticoat she wore under her dress. Ahora looked down at her state of undress, a smirk forming on her lips. "Well this really wont do, will it?" Ahora asked her companion "I think someone is a little over dressed." She added looking poignantly at Shí. "I quite agree with you there, my dear" Shí said as she moved closer to Ahora, putting her hands on Ahora's hips. Shí moved her mouth so close to Ahora's ear that she was almost touching it "I think you should lose the petticoat" she whispered as she licked down Ahora's neck.
(Back to gloom and doom me)
Leila woke when whatever she was laying on jerked. She opened her eyes and found the sky moving past above her quickly.
'Where am I?' she asked herself mentally. She looked to the right and saw the cheast of one of the twin elves. 'Ah, that answers my question.' She moved slightly and felt the elfs grip on her tighten, which meant the hand on her bum was definitely his.
"If you would please stop this beast and release your hold on my bum I won't have to knock you out" Leila said angrily. The hand on her bum moved to her thigh but the horse didn't stop. "Did you hear me?" Leila asked angrily.
"Yes my lady but you are not well and we are nearing my home anyway" the one carrying her said.
"I don't want to go to your home, I want to go to..." Leila was interrupted.
"Imladris, that is my home my lady" he said.
"Oh. Well at least let me sit up, it's rather uncomfortable" Leila mumbled. The elf helped her up with an arm around her waist and she managed to move her legs so she was sat on the horse with one leg on either side and her back was pressed up against the elfs. Luckily he rode bareback otherwise she'd have been incredibly uncomfortable with a saddle rim up her bum. Now she could see the image of Imladris approaching and her breath caught in her throat, it was even more beautiful than she imagined.
"Do you like it?" the elf asked in her ear, obviously smirking.
"It's wonderful" Leila breathed, her sarcasm disappearing for a while as she gazed at all the buildings that were built in and around the trees. The horse cantered up the stone steps and stopped in a courtyard. The other twin un-mounted and helped her down, the other elf following her. An older elf walked out of the main building looking happy to see them.
"Elladan! Elrohir! I did not expect you home so soon!" the man said happily as the twin elves rushed forewords to greet him. Leila froze. Elladan and Elrohir, the twin sons of Elrond.
"Oh great" Leila groaned, realising she had been rather rude to the two sons of a lord who was considered a kind.
"But who is this my sons?" Elrond asked, looking at Leila who smiled, slightly embarrassed.
"This, Ada, is the reason we are home early. We found her on her way here from Mirkwood, alone and on foot" the twin on the left said.
"Alone?" Elrond asked, looking at Leila who pointedly took to admiring the ground.
"She seemed to have rather a temper and would not allow us to escort her. But then she collapsed, from dehydration I think and I let her ride with me until we got here" the one on the right finished.
"What is your name dear?" Elrond asked Leila.
"Melyanna" Leila said the first female name that came into her head.
"She's a 'dear gift'?" one of the twins asked incredulously.
"Melyanna. What is your business in Imladris?" Elrond asked kindly.
"Well, I was hoping I could stay for a little while, till something cools down at home" Leila said, it wasn't exactly a lie after all.
"Of course you may stay for a while, all are welcome here. I shall have a room prepared for you but I expect you are hungry so I will take you to the kitchens" Elrond said.
"Would it be possible my lord to wash before that?" Leila asked politely.
"Of course it is. Follow me" Elrond said, glaring at his sons who sniggered. Leila grabbed her pack from where it was on the ground and followed Elrond, taking in the wondrous place around her.
4 Weeks Later,
The elves at Imladris had eagerly accepted 'Melyanna' and she had made many friends, the best of which was Elrond's only daughter Arwen. The two had become firm friends and while Arwen taught her how to make clothes of such exquisite styles Leila taught Arwen to defend herself.
"How did you learn that?" Arwen asked as the two walked back to Leila's room after a defence session.
"I got taught it by my...brother Aráto" Leila said as she opened the door.
"You never told me you have a brother. Is he nice?" Arwen asked as she picked up the gown she had been working on with Leila.
"He was, till he died in a battle" Leila said, smiling sadly.
"I'm sorry" Arwen said.
"Don't be. It was long ago. Now, we should get this dress ready for you to wear to that big feast coming up shouldn't we?" Leila asked, trying to change the subject.
"What are you going to wear to the feast?" Arwen asked.
"I haven't been invited" Leila said shrugging her shoulder.
"Oh but you must come! I'll be all alone otherwise!" Arwen said unhappily.
"I can't go unless I'm invited by Lord Elrond" Leila said, sewing on a bead to the dress.
"I'll talk to Ada" Arwen said, going back to sewing. Leila didn't really want to go as she seemed to be getting slight fatter now that she was here. She'd been sick nearly every morning now and she was starting to worry, but didn't want to bother any of the healers just yet. Just yet...
Shí and Ahora had discovered that looking after Pedi was harder than it seemed. She continually wanted things she couldn't have, including Leila and Legolas and when she didn't get them, she would scream and scream. That was what was happening now.
"I want Leila!!!" Pedi screamed from where she lay on the floor, hitting the floor with her little fists and kicking it with her feet. When she wasn't screaming actually words she was just screaming.
"Please Pedi, darling, precious" Ahora was trying everything to calm Pedi. Risen was trying to help but had become even quieter after Leila had left and the royals had stopped talking to them. Shí was about ready to give up and now she finally snapped. She walked out of the door and up to Legolas's room. She didn't knock, just walked in. She wasn't surprised to find Legolas with another girl. He'd done that allot since Leila left.
"What do you think your doing?!?" Legolas demanded angrily. Shí walked up to him, took him by the arm and dragged him out into the hallway. She was quite strong and Legolas ended up coming to her room with her. He could hear Pedi screaming from outside.
"Pedi won't calm down. She scream alternately for you and Leila and as Leila isn't here the job of calming her down falls on you your highness" Shí snapped, saying the title mockingly. She opened the door and dragged Legolas in. "Look whose come to see you Pedi" Shí said, smiling forcefully. Pedi looked up, her childish face covered in red tear tracks.
"Legolas!" she screamed happily, running at him. Ahora and Risen looked extremely relieved and Shí looked calmer now that Pedi was no longer screaming. Legolas began to talk to her, realising now how much he'd missed her and Leila. That brought a pang of guilt to his heart. He'd ignored Pedi because of what Leila had done and Pedi was only a small girl after all. It ended up with Legolas offering to take her to the archery courts for a while, which Shí agreed to as long a Risen went too. Risen didn't mind too much. She minded even less when they found Eriaur at the archery courts.
"Good plan" Ahora said to Shí once the others had left. Shí took Ahora in her arms and held her tightly. Ahora rubbed her back gently. "You know everything."
"Why did she go Ahora? That's the only thing I don't know."
1 Month Later,
Now Leila was getting rather worried. She'd stopped being sick in the mornings which was a good thing but she was getting a lot hungrier than usual and rather plump. She decided one day to go to the healers. They examined her and asked lots of questions and then frowned.
"What? What is it?" Leila asked.
"Melyanna, have you had any... sexual relationships lately?" the healer asked.
"Yeeeees" Leila said slowly, not liking the way this was going.
"Well that confirms it, Melyanna, I'm afraid your pregnant."
A/N Dum Dum Dum! OMG! Legolas is gonna have a child out of wedlock! Feedback would be greatly appreciated, even flames. But you don't have to tell me I ruined a perfectly good fluff moment in the last chapter, Liz has not stop telling me how much of a bitch I am for splitting Leila and Legolas up. By the way, in my Middle Earth they do have Gazelles (I have been watching far too much of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen because that's where it came from. 'Dorian Grey: I'm an immortal sir, not a gazelle!' He He!)
4 Weeks Later,
Legolas sat in his room reading through the note again and again before crumpling it up in his hand and throwing it onto the floor. He grabbed his bow and quiver and headed toward the archery courts to vent some of his anger.
While Legolas vented his anger out on the poor targets, Leila trudged on towards Imladris. This proved to be quite difficult for it was mostly up hill. She pulled up the front of her dress when she reached a stream and simply began to walk through it. She was startled when an arrow landed by her head in the tree she was standing next to. She jumped and looked for her 'attacker'. She moved away from the tree but found another arrow coming at her. She screamed and ducked just in time.
"It's a girl!" a male voice said sounding shocked.
"What did I look like? A gazelle?!?" Leila asked angrily as she stood upright again, brushing her dress down. Two men rode forewords, two identical men on very similar horses. She looked from one to the other frowning. She looked at their attire, very well made tunic and leggings, fine wrist guards and their longish brown hair was tightly braided in the style of elven lords.
"I'm sorry my lady but we did not realise..." one began.
"Well next time use those eyes of yours and look at what your shooting before you shoot it!" Leila snapped, beginning to cross the stream again.
"What are you doing so far from Mirkwood?" the other one asked.
"If you must know I'm going to Imladris, now if you'll excuse me" Leila snapped as she reached the other side of the lake. She glared at the two elves and tried to walk past them.
"Do you have no horse?" one asked.
"No, otherwise I would be riding it!" Leila snapped. She'd found herself getting more and more sarcastic as she'd been walking and now she was venting it on these two annoyingly handsome elves. Plus she'd started being sick in the mornings, but had been blaming it on the walking.
"We are also going to Imladris my lady. We will escort you the rest of the way" the other one said.
"Oh I'm sure that won't be necessary, I can take care of myself" Leila said sarcastically.
"Orcs roam freely across the land, it is not safe for a lady to be out alone at night" the other said.
"Well, I know how to take care of myself thank you" Leila snapped, walking past them so that they had to turn their horses around to look at her. She just continued walking away.
"You carry no weapons my lady. The beasts are well armed" one said.
"I'll use hand to hand!" Leila snapped.
"They will kill you" the other said.
"Oh shut up! Your confusing me with your talking and trust me, I can take care of myself because I..." Leila suddenly found herself becoming light headed. She hadn't eaten in a while she realised, nor had she drunk. 'Great' she thought as she collapsed unconscious to the ground.
(Liz wrote this bit when she was bored in English and I said I'd put it in for her)
"Hey!" Shí called into her and Ahora's room. "Hey yourself" Ahora said as she walked out of the bathroom. She walked up to Shí and hugged her, resting her head on the taller girls shoulder. "How was your day, Baby?" Shí asked the love of her life. "Fair, you?" Ahora replied as she turned to look at her. "Pretty bad really, I still can't believe she did that!" Shí commented as she continued to hold the smaller girl. Shí hadn't stopped complaining about Leila leaving since she...left. Shí moved her head so she was looking into her lover's eyes and smiled softly "You know I love you, right?" "Yeah, sweetie, I know. You know I love you too, right?" Ahora replied as Shí moved closer her. "Yeah, I know" Shí answer as she moved her head down to capture Ahora's soft lips. Slowly Shí moved her arms so that they were around Ahora's waist gently holding her closer. Ahora moved her hand up from where they had been resting on Shí's neck to the back of her head, pulling her further into the kiss. They stayed like that for time, until passion began to take over. Slowly Ahora opened and closed her mouth, running her tongue over Shí's lips, asking for entrance. Shí readily agreed, allowing their tongues to explore each others mouths. Ahora moaned into Shí's mouth as they backed up to the bed. Shí moved back up the bed and leaned against the head rest as Ahora pulled at the edge of her dress, lifting it clear over her head and doing a sexy little dance as she crawled up the bed to Shí. Shí couldn't take her eyes off the other girl's delectable frame, her eyes drifting towards her breasts, hidden by the thin petticoat she wore under her dress. Ahora looked down at her state of undress, a smirk forming on her lips. "Well this really wont do, will it?" Ahora asked her companion "I think someone is a little over dressed." She added looking poignantly at Shí. "I quite agree with you there, my dear" Shí said as she moved closer to Ahora, putting her hands on Ahora's hips. Shí moved her mouth so close to Ahora's ear that she was almost touching it "I think you should lose the petticoat" she whispered as she licked down Ahora's neck.
(Back to gloom and doom me)
Leila woke when whatever she was laying on jerked. She opened her eyes and found the sky moving past above her quickly.
'Where am I?' she asked herself mentally. She looked to the right and saw the cheast of one of the twin elves. 'Ah, that answers my question.' She moved slightly and felt the elfs grip on her tighten, which meant the hand on her bum was definitely his.
"If you would please stop this beast and release your hold on my bum I won't have to knock you out" Leila said angrily. The hand on her bum moved to her thigh but the horse didn't stop. "Did you hear me?" Leila asked angrily.
"Yes my lady but you are not well and we are nearing my home anyway" the one carrying her said.
"I don't want to go to your home, I want to go to..." Leila was interrupted.
"Imladris, that is my home my lady" he said.
"Oh. Well at least let me sit up, it's rather uncomfortable" Leila mumbled. The elf helped her up with an arm around her waist and she managed to move her legs so she was sat on the horse with one leg on either side and her back was pressed up against the elfs. Luckily he rode bareback otherwise she'd have been incredibly uncomfortable with a saddle rim up her bum. Now she could see the image of Imladris approaching and her breath caught in her throat, it was even more beautiful than she imagined.
"Do you like it?" the elf asked in her ear, obviously smirking.
"It's wonderful" Leila breathed, her sarcasm disappearing for a while as she gazed at all the buildings that were built in and around the trees. The horse cantered up the stone steps and stopped in a courtyard. The other twin un-mounted and helped her down, the other elf following her. An older elf walked out of the main building looking happy to see them.
"Elladan! Elrohir! I did not expect you home so soon!" the man said happily as the twin elves rushed forewords to greet him. Leila froze. Elladan and Elrohir, the twin sons of Elrond.
"Oh great" Leila groaned, realising she had been rather rude to the two sons of a lord who was considered a kind.
"But who is this my sons?" Elrond asked, looking at Leila who smiled, slightly embarrassed.
"This, Ada, is the reason we are home early. We found her on her way here from Mirkwood, alone and on foot" the twin on the left said.
"Alone?" Elrond asked, looking at Leila who pointedly took to admiring the ground.
"She seemed to have rather a temper and would not allow us to escort her. But then she collapsed, from dehydration I think and I let her ride with me until we got here" the one on the right finished.
"What is your name dear?" Elrond asked Leila.
"Melyanna" Leila said the first female name that came into her head.
"She's a 'dear gift'?" one of the twins asked incredulously.
"Melyanna. What is your business in Imladris?" Elrond asked kindly.
"Well, I was hoping I could stay for a little while, till something cools down at home" Leila said, it wasn't exactly a lie after all.
"Of course you may stay for a while, all are welcome here. I shall have a room prepared for you but I expect you are hungry so I will take you to the kitchens" Elrond said.
"Would it be possible my lord to wash before that?" Leila asked politely.
"Of course it is. Follow me" Elrond said, glaring at his sons who sniggered. Leila grabbed her pack from where it was on the ground and followed Elrond, taking in the wondrous place around her.
4 Weeks Later,
The elves at Imladris had eagerly accepted 'Melyanna' and she had made many friends, the best of which was Elrond's only daughter Arwen. The two had become firm friends and while Arwen taught her how to make clothes of such exquisite styles Leila taught Arwen to defend herself.
"How did you learn that?" Arwen asked as the two walked back to Leila's room after a defence session.
"I got taught it by my...brother Aráto" Leila said as she opened the door.
"You never told me you have a brother. Is he nice?" Arwen asked as she picked up the gown she had been working on with Leila.
"He was, till he died in a battle" Leila said, smiling sadly.
"I'm sorry" Arwen said.
"Don't be. It was long ago. Now, we should get this dress ready for you to wear to that big feast coming up shouldn't we?" Leila asked, trying to change the subject.
"What are you going to wear to the feast?" Arwen asked.
"I haven't been invited" Leila said shrugging her shoulder.
"Oh but you must come! I'll be all alone otherwise!" Arwen said unhappily.
"I can't go unless I'm invited by Lord Elrond" Leila said, sewing on a bead to the dress.
"I'll talk to Ada" Arwen said, going back to sewing. Leila didn't really want to go as she seemed to be getting slight fatter now that she was here. She'd been sick nearly every morning now and she was starting to worry, but didn't want to bother any of the healers just yet. Just yet...
Shí and Ahora had discovered that looking after Pedi was harder than it seemed. She continually wanted things she couldn't have, including Leila and Legolas and when she didn't get them, she would scream and scream. That was what was happening now.
"I want Leila!!!" Pedi screamed from where she lay on the floor, hitting the floor with her little fists and kicking it with her feet. When she wasn't screaming actually words she was just screaming.
"Please Pedi, darling, precious" Ahora was trying everything to calm Pedi. Risen was trying to help but had become even quieter after Leila had left and the royals had stopped talking to them. Shí was about ready to give up and now she finally snapped. She walked out of the door and up to Legolas's room. She didn't knock, just walked in. She wasn't surprised to find Legolas with another girl. He'd done that allot since Leila left.
"What do you think your doing?!?" Legolas demanded angrily. Shí walked up to him, took him by the arm and dragged him out into the hallway. She was quite strong and Legolas ended up coming to her room with her. He could hear Pedi screaming from outside.
"Pedi won't calm down. She scream alternately for you and Leila and as Leila isn't here the job of calming her down falls on you your highness" Shí snapped, saying the title mockingly. She opened the door and dragged Legolas in. "Look whose come to see you Pedi" Shí said, smiling forcefully. Pedi looked up, her childish face covered in red tear tracks.
"Legolas!" she screamed happily, running at him. Ahora and Risen looked extremely relieved and Shí looked calmer now that Pedi was no longer screaming. Legolas began to talk to her, realising now how much he'd missed her and Leila. That brought a pang of guilt to his heart. He'd ignored Pedi because of what Leila had done and Pedi was only a small girl after all. It ended up with Legolas offering to take her to the archery courts for a while, which Shí agreed to as long a Risen went too. Risen didn't mind too much. She minded even less when they found Eriaur at the archery courts.
"Good plan" Ahora said to Shí once the others had left. Shí took Ahora in her arms and held her tightly. Ahora rubbed her back gently. "You know everything."
"Why did she go Ahora? That's the only thing I don't know."
1 Month Later,
Now Leila was getting rather worried. She'd stopped being sick in the mornings which was a good thing but she was getting a lot hungrier than usual and rather plump. She decided one day to go to the healers. They examined her and asked lots of questions and then frowned.
"What? What is it?" Leila asked.
"Melyanna, have you had any... sexual relationships lately?" the healer asked.
"Yeeeees" Leila said slowly, not liking the way this was going.
"Well that confirms it, Melyanna, I'm afraid your pregnant."
A/N Dum Dum Dum! OMG! Legolas is gonna have a child out of wedlock! Feedback would be greatly appreciated, even flames. But you don't have to tell me I ruined a perfectly good fluff moment in the last chapter, Liz has not stop telling me how much of a bitch I am for splitting Leila and Legolas up. By the way, in my Middle Earth they do have Gazelles (I have been watching far too much of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen because that's where it came from. 'Dorian Grey: I'm an immortal sir, not a gazelle!' He He!)