Chapter 21
"Your majesty, did you not hear me? This is an urgent letter that I must give to your prince. My mission would have failed if another hand besides the prince were to touch it. Please, allow me to deliver my letter and I will be off!"
I was about to walk through the doors that led into the hallways of the palace, when this elf surrounded by guards was screaming to be set loose. I turned and walked back to my father's table.
"What is going on, father?" I inquired.
"Prince Legolas, I have a letter from you from Princess Andrial. I have been given orders that you alone take this letter from me. Please, release me to finish out what I have come here to do. Then I will leave peacefully back to Lothlorien!" Cried the messenger.
"Release that elf so that he may complete his task." The guards release him and he began walking towards the King's table. "I will except this letter and offer my apologies for this out burst of cruel action brought onto you. I also offer you a safe haven tonight so that you will be well rested for your journey home!"
"In all honesty your highness, I rather leave now! Here take what is yours and I will be off." He handed me the letter and it was indeed from Andrial because it had the royal seal. True to his words, he ran out of the hall and rid out of the palace walls back to Lothlorien.
"What is it my son? Read what it has to say!"
I opened the letter and began to read it to myself:
Dear Legolas (my love),
By now you probably already know what this letter is suppose to
contain. Annadel found me writing a letter to you and read it. Right
now, she is probably already there and has already told you
everything. But please finish reading this letter before you hate me.
Believe me Legolas I do love you. You have brought out a side of me
that I did not even knew existed. My decision to stay in Lothlorien
has nothing to do with you. I want you here with me more then
anything. However you have your duties as a Prince and must fulfill
them. And as I am a princess I have chosen to not fulfill my duties
to marry you. I am going against my mother's wishes and my heart by
staying here but I do not feel safe being in Mirkwood.
When I am with you I feel safe, but that is only because I am in your
arms and I know you would never let anything ever happen to me.
However, when you are not around that is when I feel unsafe. I have
strange visits from other elves, and I find unnerving messages around
my room. I really feel that someone is after me Legolas. I cannot
explain these feeling to you, though I know you would understand if I
was to explain it to you. I just cannot stay there, fearing that
someone is trying to end my life.
Please know that my decision has nothing to do with my love for you,
because you know I love you with all my heart and nothing has changed
that. However, I love you so much to stay away, I know if something
was to ever happen to me you would blame yourself and never move on.
I know you Legolas; so do not deny that you will not do that. Feel
free to come visit me anytime; you know where I am
Sincerely with love
Andrial, Princess of Lothlorien
I stood there in awe. I could feel the anger building up inside of me. I'm not sure if I showed it but I was hot. My father asked me what the letter contained but I ignored him. She was right; I cannot believe she was right. I cannot believe she is doing this to me. What about my feelings, do they even matter? Trying to compose myself I excused myself from the hall. As I began to walk towards the door the anger kept building up in me. I stopped in front of one of my father's priceless vase, one that was given to him by the leader of the dwarfs. I looked at it closely, remembering that this particular vase was Andrial's favorite. Without thinking a picked it up, and with all the anger that I had in me I threw it clear across the room, barely missing Lila's head.
"Legolas! What is the meaning of this?" My father asked in his most stern voice, the kind of voice he use when handling affairs.
"Why don't you find out for yourself?" I balled the letter up and threw it at him. He caught it with ease. My father gave me a rather questioning look but I ignored it and walked out of the hall.
A/N: Please oh Please review.I know it's getting good I'll try to update soon a possible
"Your majesty, did you not hear me? This is an urgent letter that I must give to your prince. My mission would have failed if another hand besides the prince were to touch it. Please, allow me to deliver my letter and I will be off!"
I was about to walk through the doors that led into the hallways of the palace, when this elf surrounded by guards was screaming to be set loose. I turned and walked back to my father's table.
"What is going on, father?" I inquired.
"Prince Legolas, I have a letter from you from Princess Andrial. I have been given orders that you alone take this letter from me. Please, release me to finish out what I have come here to do. Then I will leave peacefully back to Lothlorien!" Cried the messenger.
"Release that elf so that he may complete his task." The guards release him and he began walking towards the King's table. "I will except this letter and offer my apologies for this out burst of cruel action brought onto you. I also offer you a safe haven tonight so that you will be well rested for your journey home!"
"In all honesty your highness, I rather leave now! Here take what is yours and I will be off." He handed me the letter and it was indeed from Andrial because it had the royal seal. True to his words, he ran out of the hall and rid out of the palace walls back to Lothlorien.
"What is it my son? Read what it has to say!"
I opened the letter and began to read it to myself:
Dear Legolas (my love),
By now you probably already know what this letter is suppose to
contain. Annadel found me writing a letter to you and read it. Right
now, she is probably already there and has already told you
everything. But please finish reading this letter before you hate me.
Believe me Legolas I do love you. You have brought out a side of me
that I did not even knew existed. My decision to stay in Lothlorien
has nothing to do with you. I want you here with me more then
anything. However you have your duties as a Prince and must fulfill
them. And as I am a princess I have chosen to not fulfill my duties
to marry you. I am going against my mother's wishes and my heart by
staying here but I do not feel safe being in Mirkwood.
When I am with you I feel safe, but that is only because I am in your
arms and I know you would never let anything ever happen to me.
However, when you are not around that is when I feel unsafe. I have
strange visits from other elves, and I find unnerving messages around
my room. I really feel that someone is after me Legolas. I cannot
explain these feeling to you, though I know you would understand if I
was to explain it to you. I just cannot stay there, fearing that
someone is trying to end my life.
Please know that my decision has nothing to do with my love for you,
because you know I love you with all my heart and nothing has changed
that. However, I love you so much to stay away, I know if something
was to ever happen to me you would blame yourself and never move on.
I know you Legolas; so do not deny that you will not do that. Feel
free to come visit me anytime; you know where I am
Sincerely with love
Andrial, Princess of Lothlorien
I stood there in awe. I could feel the anger building up inside of me. I'm not sure if I showed it but I was hot. My father asked me what the letter contained but I ignored him. She was right; I cannot believe she was right. I cannot believe she is doing this to me. What about my feelings, do they even matter? Trying to compose myself I excused myself from the hall. As I began to walk towards the door the anger kept building up in me. I stopped in front of one of my father's priceless vase, one that was given to him by the leader of the dwarfs. I looked at it closely, remembering that this particular vase was Andrial's favorite. Without thinking a picked it up, and with all the anger that I had in me I threw it clear across the room, barely missing Lila's head.
"Legolas! What is the meaning of this?" My father asked in his most stern voice, the kind of voice he use when handling affairs.
"Why don't you find out for yourself?" I balled the letter up and threw it at him. He caught it with ease. My father gave me a rather questioning look but I ignored it and walked out of the hall.
A/N: Please oh Please review.I know it's getting good I'll try to update soon a possible