Every Story is a Love Story
by
Draco's Daughter
Disclaimer: Lord of the Rings is not mine.
A/N: Dreams are powerful tools, eh? This story was born of a dream I had. The italicsdenote the change to the story instead of Eldarion'sbedroom and vise-versa.Enjoy!
Legolas: I'm afraid...
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"Legolas, are you sure that you can handle Eldarion for the night?" Aragorn asked, confronting the elf that would be "babysitting" his son.
"Don't worry; I think I can handle a six-year old half-elf. You and Arwen go on! Have fun, do whatever royalty in disguise does," Legolas replied, waving his friend away with a graceful hand.
"Alright, we'll be back around Midnight. Have fun," Aragorn said, pulling up the hood of his ranger cape and walking out of the palace through a servant's entrance to catch up with his wife. Legolas stretched out for a moment before heading up to Eldarion's room. The prince was sitting alone in his sleeping tunic, playing with a stuffed warg. Legolas whirled into the room with only his head showing through the door frame.
"Hello little prince!" He said in a chipper voice. Eldarion turned and gave his babysitter a large smile that usually meant trouble. Legolas came fully into the room and sat down across from Eldarion. "Nearly bed time squirt. Whatcha wanna do?"
"Uhhhhhh. Can I have a story?" Eldairon asked, showing Legolas his cutest face in his arsenal. Legolas thought for a moment.
"Hmmm, what kind of story then, squirt?" Legolas asked, ruffling Eldarion's hair and pulling a laugh out of the child.
"I guess the first one you can come up with," Eldarion replied, snuggling the stuffed warg.
"Hop in bed while I think," Legolas said, standing up and turning down Eladrion's covers. The prince gladly hopped and snuggled down while the elf tucked his charge in. He pulled up a chair and sat down by Eldarion's bed. "Now, this is one of my favorite stories. Once I'm finished, I'll let you decide if it happened or not. Okay here we go...
Once upon a time...
In a kindgon far away, so far you can't imagine the distance, there lived a princess in a castle. This princess, who was named Arwen,
"Hey! That's my mom's name!" Eldarion announced happily.
"You very cleaver, now shadup!" Legolas replied,shushing Eldarion.
was adored by all but she always felt alone and left out. The only person that was her friend was the mysterious court jester who seemed to have strange abilities.
"What kind of abilities?" Eldarion asked, playfully.
"You'll see. Now, do not interrupt me or I'll never get through the story before your parents come home!" Legolas said, giving Eldarion a small whack on the head.
Now, the princess's father, called Elrond, was something of a tyrant and never let Arwen have any suitors. The jester was the only one who dared to try and even get Arwen out of the castle to see some suitable bachelors. Nothing ever worked. One day, Elrond became fed up with the Jester's attempts.
"You foul creature! You defy my divine right to choose my son-in-law! For that you shall be punished with the torture of a thousand lashes!" Elrond roared at the jester.
"I am not disposed of so easily, your royal pain. Your daughter will be married," replied the jester, whirling his cloak around himself and disappearing within its folds. This trick sent Elrond into a frenzy.
"Search the grounds and the surrounding forest! Find that jester! I want his head on a silver platter!" Yelled the vicious king Elrond, sending out the guards. "I want Arwen locked into the turret room so that she may never see another man again."
Before the king's guards could either find the jester or wall Arwen into the tower, the jester in question was waiting in Arwen's chambers to speak with her. As she smiled to see him, he looked grim.
"My princess, I've grave news for you. Your father plans to make sure you never see another man again and wants be dead. We've not much time but I've got a plan, in a few days there will be a prince come to this land and I will make sure you meet with him. For now, you must keep on your toes and stay in your father's favor. I will help you along the way, for now I will be in hiding," the jester said before turning into a great golden eagle and flying out of the window.
"Please! Don't go," Arwen said to her friend, reaching out for the bird. Her only true friend was gone.
Days passed and Arwen endured her punishment. She wished to know where her jester friend had gone and she wished to know when he was returning with the prince he promised. Without knowing it, the prince was closer than Arwen thought. Our jester friend was still unfound by Elrond and was scheming to get the prince and Arwen together. Slowly he began to piece together a way to see them together. The jester came back to visit Arwen to tell her of his plans. He used his golden eagle form to enter the tower through the only window.
"My friend! I am glad to see you again!" Arwen announced as the jester took his regular form again.
"Your prince is near, my princess. In a few nights I will trick your father into injuring me and causing the prince to speak with me. Ready yourself princess, your prince shall be with you in two days," the jester said, kissing Arwen's forehead before tuning back into an eagle and leaving. Arwen's heart was too joyful to miss his presence.
The next day the jester sat atop Arwen's tower, playing upon the spire. His clear voice attracted the attention of palace guards and even king Elrond.
"What are you!" Shouted Elrond, confused and bewildered by the antics of a man who looked similar to his jester, with blonde hair and eyes like ice.
"I am the representation of everything good in this world! I am the force that makes winter turn into spring! I am the son of the earth and sky! I am everything that you are not!" Yelled the playful jester back to his former master. Without warning, Elrond used his incredible eyebrows of doom to shoot the jester off the tower's spire and into the forest beyond the castle. The jester landed right at the feet of the prince he had been talking about for so long.
"Ello, mum. Am I in heaven?" He asked before passing out.
"Well, that was interesting. What should we do with him, Aragorn?" asked the dwarf that had been traveling with the prince.
"We shall make sure that he lives to see another day, dear Gimli! Once he is awakened I shall ask what happened to him," replied the ever-heroic prince Aragorn.
"Wait a minute!" Eldarion began.
"What did I say about interruptions?" Legolas warned. Eldarion stopped his question and allowed Legolas to continue the story.
So the two began to make camp and care for the stranger that had fallen out of the sky. One the jester was recovered, he first saw Gimli.
"You sure are short and ugly for a Prince Charming, but I guess you'll do," he said, attempting to take the dwarf to the palace.
"Excuse me, Aragon's the only prince here!" The dwarf complained, pulling his arm out of the jester's grasp.
"Oh, oops! Sorry!" The jester said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Tis alright. I can forgive mistakes. Please, explain why you are looking for a price 'charming'," The mighty prince Aragorn said, motioning for the jester to sit.
"Well, my princess has a very tyrannical father. He refuses to allow her to marry. I need you to scale the tower in which she is imprisoned and set her free. Her father can only be swayed by a warrior such as yourself. Please say you'll help?" The jester said, using a cute face to help sway the honorable prince Aragorn.
"I know that Tyranny of love is dangerous to one's health. I will aid your Princess," the honorable prince Aragon said. The jester was so overjoyed he gave the Prince a big hug.
That night Prince Aragorn scaled the wall with the help of his dwarf friend and the jester. Upon seeing the Princess Arwen they both fell madly in love with one another. So then they defeated Elrond's evil eyebrows of doom with Gimli's beard of righteousness! After that there was a very large wedding and coronation of the new King and Queen. At the wedding feast, all praised king Aragorn but he and queen Arwen could only praise the jester whom had aided them.
The jester was never seen again after that. Some say that he and the dwarf traveled together for a time, but no one really knows where they both went after the defeat of king Elrond. But whenever someone is in need of a prince or princess "charming", the jester will be there to get them together and defeat the witch-character that stands in their way...
"The end," Legolas finished, reclining back in the chair.
"So the Jester was never seen again after the wedding?" Eldarion asked, still caught up in the story.
"It was the strangest thing, he didn't even stick around to see the wedding. No one knows where he is now, only the dwarf," Legolas replied.
"That was an insane story. It never happened," Eldarion said, snuggling down into the covers with his stuffed warg.
"You're too smart for me, g'night squirt," Legolas said, placing the chair back into its original position and beginning to head out the door.
"Legolas? Why did you tell me a love story? I was hoping for an action tale," Eldarion said, giving a mock-pout.
"Every story is a love story, squirt," Legolas replied, blowing out Eldarion's candle and heading out the door, shutting it behind him.
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Well? What do you think? Good, bad, ugly? No flames please. This took me about four hours to complete after sleeping in till one. Well, night people...