Chapter 23
In Lothlórien
"How can you do this to this family young lady? You know what is at stake with this marriage between our two woods!"
"But mother, how can I stay when I know my life is in danger? Some one is after me, and I do not know who!" I tried to explain.
"Look…" The lady Galadriel took a slow breath. "I understand your worries. And I wish for nothing but you to be safe, but what does that have to do with breaking off the engagement to prince Legolas?"
"Because, I feel that it is because of my engagement to the prince that all this has happened to me. I truly thought about it. Everything was fine as long as I hated the prince and had eyes for another. However, I noticed that as soon as the prince and I got closer to each other strange things started to happen."
"Andrial, dear do you know how hard it is to believe that story?"
"Mother, all I am asking is that you believe me on this. I mean think about it. Legolas was at one point the most eligible bachelor at one point, I am pretty sure I have messed up some maidens chances of being the next queen of Mirkwood."
"But if you only tell your fiancé about all this…"
"Then I know what will happen." I cut my mother off. "Legolas cares for me too much to let anything happen to me, so he would put me under constant surveillance of the royal guard. I would no longer have my freedom to roam about the palace as I please. Mother, you know that is not the kind of life I want. I am a free spirit; I want to be able to move about how I please. And I know Legolas will mean well, but I can not live like that."
"So, if what you are saying is what is going on, you think that breaking off the engagement will help your situation?"
"That is exactly what I am hoping. I do miss being with him, but I can not like this person have the best of me."
"But dear, do you not think that this person is winning if you break of the engagement? They have pretty much won if you back down. You are giving them what they want."
"I did not think of it like that." I looked down and a defeated feeling weighted on my heart. "Mother, what am I to do? The way I see it I am in a lose/lose situation. Not to mention I have just given up on a fantastic elf!"
"My dear young one", my mother wrapped her arms around me. "The way I have foreseen it is you should follow your heart and marry the prince. I have already seen happiness in your future with the prince, or I would have never sent you to Mirkwood in the first place."
"How can there be happiness, if I could possible end up dead?" I looked up at her.
"Some things are for certain Andrial. I may not have seen these recent turn of events, but that does not mean that what I have seen will not come to pass."
"It is probably too late though. I am sure by now Legolas have received and read my letter. I can see him now breaking something. I have hurt him; there is no way I can ever get him to forgive me."
"If he loves you, and I am positive that he does, then he would not even ask for an apology from you. All he wants is you young one. You are my youngest, and I want what is best for you. I want you to follow your heart and be happy knowing you have someone that will treasure you for all eternity. If you give up now, you will never know how things could have turned out. You might be surprised with the outcome."
"I understand, mother. However, our future lies in Legolas' hands. I still wish to remain here in the golden woods for now. If Legolas still wants me to be his bride, then I must wait for him to come to me. I do not mean to be harsh, but I am too scared to go back. I have done what I done and I can not take it back, if I am still worthy of the prince then he must seek me out. If he does not come, then it is my own punishment for giving up on our love and I do not deserve him."
Back in Mirkwood
"Well, what news do you bring?"
"My lady, it is done. The engagement between the prince and the princess of the golden wood has been canceled."
"Excellent. And how is the prince taking the new?"
"Not very well actually; he stormed out of the dinning hall rather upset!"
"Well, I shall have to remedy that then. Finally, after waiting for so long my chance has finally come. Did anyone see you coming here?"
"No my lady, I was very cautious of who all was around me. Tell me, no harm will be done to the princess now, right?"
"Depends on how well she cooperates; now it is time to put the rest of my plan into action!"
A/N: I wanted to turn the focus to Andrial so you can get an idea of what's going on with her. From this point I might have to do a lot of bouncing between woods so nothing in the plot gets lost. Please R&R and let me know what you think!