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Rein of Hope
Chapter 4: Reasons
When Nelinde got to her room Isorfir was waiting for her. "Where have you been all day?" He asked looking kind of mad. "We have been looking for you. Didn't you feel the need to tell somebody where you were?" "Well I if I knew that everywhere that I go I must have someone holding my hand then I would run and ask for permission to go trot of near the lake. Honestly did you not think to ask my maid of even father?" Nelinde answered rolling her eyes.
"That is not funny, Celoril was also Angry." he looked at her with a hard look that said that he did not want to hear any jokes from her. "And by the way what did you do to make father so angry this time. He walked by me and he was quite angry."
Nelinde shrugged him off not wanting to speak on that subject. "Let's avoid that subject. You never told me what happened when we were on our way here," she said desperately trying to change the subject.
"Oh you are quite right I have not told you anything of the events of the past few days. Well let's see how to start this. After you got stabbed you were still standing there, I was calling your name but you did not respond. Then many Rivendell elves appeared and chased the black riders away. You on the other had been just standing there. You had father really scared you never freeze like that in a battle waiting to get hurt like you did. Nelinde it better not become common of you or else father will keep you away from the battlegrounds." He said while giving her a look.
"Anyways they brought you back here and Lord Elrond tended to you wounds. That's about it, now lets continue are earlier subject what did you do?"
'I knew that he would not leave this subject alone.' Nelinde thought. "Must you always push me to answer?" "Must you always answer question with a question? Now answer me, what did you do?" "Nothing!" she said "I just refused to take his place when he leaves for the undying lands that's it, I do not see the reason why he needs to get all mad about it." Nelinde did not want to get further on this subject.
"Why would you do such a stupid thing Nell? Are you crazy? You should feel honored that he even chose to skip us and move to you. Even we agreed with the subject when father told us. We knew that you will make a great queen and now you turn it down. Really I think that you have been on the battlefield far to long for your good."
"I would really love to retire at the moment Isorfir." Nelinde said that he could just barley hear her while massaging her temples. "You are giving he a headache so let me be." now tired of hearing him ignore him rant and rave while paying no attention to what she was saying.
"I think that father should take you off the army besides it is no place for women maybe that should put you in the right place." Isorfir said without thinking. "Get Out now Isorfir, now that you want to turn on me like the rest of them. You are such a traitor. Goodnight!" Nelinde was now at her last point of calmness. She pushed him out of her room and slamming the door on him. He was now starting to get on her last nerve. Nelinde did not wait any longer she went and lay on her bed bringing the sheets to her chin and falling asleep.
When Nelinde awoke in the morning she wished for the sun to just go back down. Her lady maid came to awake her. She bathed and dressed. Her clothes were quite different then before she was now wearing a pants and dress. It was her normal traveling attire, which was just the same as all male warrior elves wore. Her hat was no in a ponytail at the mid of the head and flowed freely down her back.
Nelinde grabbed her bow and arrows and walked toward the range. When Nelinde got there she set down her quiver of arrows grabbed her one and set it in place so that she could look for a target. She noticed a notch in a branch far of in the distance. She calmly breathed out and shot, she was right on the mark.
"Very good, I have never seen a female elf shoot almost as well a I." Legolas said from behind her. "It comes with talent," she answered. "Quite boastful you are about yourself." Legolas said a bit amused. "Of course I have to be." Nelinde said with a smile playing about her lips. She noticed that he had his bow ad arrows. Legolas held his arm out for her to hand him her bow so he could examine it she did so. "Your bow is very beautiful for I have never seen a bow with such craftsmanship." he admired "Yes the dwarfs that dwell near us carved it for me some fifty years ago." she answered. Legolas grimaced at this. "Why do you look in disgust are you not on good terms with dwarves?" she asked in question. "No elf is on good terms with dwarfs they are quite rude and they upset us all time. We do not like them and they do not like us," he said handing her the bow back.
"This is new to my ears." Nelinde laughed, "They are very kind in heart and they are very excellent in crafts." "I do not know how you find this amusing, you are almost like the humans they laugh at it when they here that the two races are not together." Nelinde's face darkened at this comment. "Then it we are exact opposites toward each other. My race despises humans they disgust us. The dwarfs and we have been in war with them for a long time. We kill any human that wanders into our land. The Dwarfs live in the Blue Mts. If they were not on good terms with the elves then your kind would not be able to go the Grey Havens for they would be slaughtered. We live in The Lost Realm of ARNOR, so you see we live near Hobbiton It is just that they do not notice the wars going on so close to them. And not even you knew the exact location of Calithrade until this very moment. We have been hidden because of our large power." Nelinde finished.
"Forgive me for my rude comment. I did not know." Legolas said. "There is nothing to forgive." Nelinde said.
"There you are Legolas," a voice said behind them. They turned around to see a man with shoulder length hair. Nelinde immediately grimaced at him. "Aragorn good to see you." Legolas said. Nelinde turned around to go back to her archery. "And who is lovely elf?" Aragorn asked. Nelinde snorted, "Now a human comments us that's a first, these are strange times." Nelinde said to no one in particular. "Did I do something to offend you dear lady?" Aragorn asked. "Yes in fact you did." Nelinde started "you are human."
Aragorn looked now completely confused at this point. "Just so you should know since I see that you do not understand, my kind does not like yours. Human's insults do not go unnoticed by us. Your kind is so greedy for power that you do not care who you kill to get it. Not even the most innocent of our kind." Nelinde said and turned her attention back to the archery.
"Aragorn she lives in the north things are opposite from the affect down here. They do not like humans but are friends with dwarfs, and we do not like dwarfs but are friends with humans." Legolas said to clear thing up in his friend's head.
"Oh, well my lady it seems that I must gain your trust for I shall never kill one of your kind, nor I would ever disrespect of talk unkindly of such a wonderful race such as the elves." Aragorn stated
"That is going to be quite hard. You might as well spend an eternity that you have not to give. I lost all respect when humans killed the first born in one-thousand years." Nelinde then turned and walked away but stopped to say "I see that you were raised by the elves so I might consider you." "How would you know that?" Aragorn exclaimed.
Nelinde then turned to face him "I have the power of sight son of Arathron heir of Isludir rightful heir to the throne of Gondor." Nelinde said and turned around and left.
"You have found yourself one remarkable woman." Aragorn said to Legolas. Legolas shot him a glare "She is only a friend." "Sure that's what they all say." Aragorn had a smile on his face.
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That's chapter 4 of my story, the next shall come as soon a possible but I might only update on weekends because I have school and that must come first unfortunately. J Luv ya allz!
Rein of Hope
Chapter 4: Reasons
When Nelinde got to her room Isorfir was waiting for her. "Where have you been all day?" He asked looking kind of mad. "We have been looking for you. Didn't you feel the need to tell somebody where you were?" "Well I if I knew that everywhere that I go I must have someone holding my hand then I would run and ask for permission to go trot of near the lake. Honestly did you not think to ask my maid of even father?" Nelinde answered rolling her eyes.
"That is not funny, Celoril was also Angry." he looked at her with a hard look that said that he did not want to hear any jokes from her. "And by the way what did you do to make father so angry this time. He walked by me and he was quite angry."
Nelinde shrugged him off not wanting to speak on that subject. "Let's avoid that subject. You never told me what happened when we were on our way here," she said desperately trying to change the subject.
"Oh you are quite right I have not told you anything of the events of the past few days. Well let's see how to start this. After you got stabbed you were still standing there, I was calling your name but you did not respond. Then many Rivendell elves appeared and chased the black riders away. You on the other had been just standing there. You had father really scared you never freeze like that in a battle waiting to get hurt like you did. Nelinde it better not become common of you or else father will keep you away from the battlegrounds." He said while giving her a look.
"Anyways they brought you back here and Lord Elrond tended to you wounds. That's about it, now lets continue are earlier subject what did you do?"
'I knew that he would not leave this subject alone.' Nelinde thought. "Must you always push me to answer?" "Must you always answer question with a question? Now answer me, what did you do?" "Nothing!" she said "I just refused to take his place when he leaves for the undying lands that's it, I do not see the reason why he needs to get all mad about it." Nelinde did not want to get further on this subject.
"Why would you do such a stupid thing Nell? Are you crazy? You should feel honored that he even chose to skip us and move to you. Even we agreed with the subject when father told us. We knew that you will make a great queen and now you turn it down. Really I think that you have been on the battlefield far to long for your good."
"I would really love to retire at the moment Isorfir." Nelinde said that he could just barley hear her while massaging her temples. "You are giving he a headache so let me be." now tired of hearing him ignore him rant and rave while paying no attention to what she was saying.
"I think that father should take you off the army besides it is no place for women maybe that should put you in the right place." Isorfir said without thinking. "Get Out now Isorfir, now that you want to turn on me like the rest of them. You are such a traitor. Goodnight!" Nelinde was now at her last point of calmness. She pushed him out of her room and slamming the door on him. He was now starting to get on her last nerve. Nelinde did not wait any longer she went and lay on her bed bringing the sheets to her chin and falling asleep.
When Nelinde awoke in the morning she wished for the sun to just go back down. Her lady maid came to awake her. She bathed and dressed. Her clothes were quite different then before she was now wearing a pants and dress. It was her normal traveling attire, which was just the same as all male warrior elves wore. Her hat was no in a ponytail at the mid of the head and flowed freely down her back.
Nelinde grabbed her bow and arrows and walked toward the range. When Nelinde got there she set down her quiver of arrows grabbed her one and set it in place so that she could look for a target. She noticed a notch in a branch far of in the distance. She calmly breathed out and shot, she was right on the mark.
"Very good, I have never seen a female elf shoot almost as well a I." Legolas said from behind her. "It comes with talent," she answered. "Quite boastful you are about yourself." Legolas said a bit amused. "Of course I have to be." Nelinde said with a smile playing about her lips. She noticed that he had his bow ad arrows. Legolas held his arm out for her to hand him her bow so he could examine it she did so. "Your bow is very beautiful for I have never seen a bow with such craftsmanship." he admired "Yes the dwarfs that dwell near us carved it for me some fifty years ago." she answered. Legolas grimaced at this. "Why do you look in disgust are you not on good terms with dwarves?" she asked in question. "No elf is on good terms with dwarfs they are quite rude and they upset us all time. We do not like them and they do not like us," he said handing her the bow back.
"This is new to my ears." Nelinde laughed, "They are very kind in heart and they are very excellent in crafts." "I do not know how you find this amusing, you are almost like the humans they laugh at it when they here that the two races are not together." Nelinde's face darkened at this comment. "Then it we are exact opposites toward each other. My race despises humans they disgust us. The dwarfs and we have been in war with them for a long time. We kill any human that wanders into our land. The Dwarfs live in the Blue Mts. If they were not on good terms with the elves then your kind would not be able to go the Grey Havens for they would be slaughtered. We live in The Lost Realm of ARNOR, so you see we live near Hobbiton It is just that they do not notice the wars going on so close to them. And not even you knew the exact location of Calithrade until this very moment. We have been hidden because of our large power." Nelinde finished.
"Forgive me for my rude comment. I did not know." Legolas said. "There is nothing to forgive." Nelinde said.
"There you are Legolas," a voice said behind them. They turned around to see a man with shoulder length hair. Nelinde immediately grimaced at him. "Aragorn good to see you." Legolas said. Nelinde turned around to go back to her archery. "And who is lovely elf?" Aragorn asked. Nelinde snorted, "Now a human comments us that's a first, these are strange times." Nelinde said to no one in particular. "Did I do something to offend you dear lady?" Aragorn asked. "Yes in fact you did." Nelinde started "you are human."
Aragorn looked now completely confused at this point. "Just so you should know since I see that you do not understand, my kind does not like yours. Human's insults do not go unnoticed by us. Your kind is so greedy for power that you do not care who you kill to get it. Not even the most innocent of our kind." Nelinde said and turned her attention back to the archery.
"Aragorn she lives in the north things are opposite from the affect down here. They do not like humans but are friends with dwarfs, and we do not like dwarfs but are friends with humans." Legolas said to clear thing up in his friend's head.
"Oh, well my lady it seems that I must gain your trust for I shall never kill one of your kind, nor I would ever disrespect of talk unkindly of such a wonderful race such as the elves." Aragorn stated
"That is going to be quite hard. You might as well spend an eternity that you have not to give. I lost all respect when humans killed the first born in one-thousand years." Nelinde then turned and walked away but stopped to say "I see that you were raised by the elves so I might consider you." "How would you know that?" Aragorn exclaimed.
Nelinde then turned to face him "I have the power of sight son of Arathron heir of Isludir rightful heir to the throne of Gondor." Nelinde said and turned around and left.
"You have found yourself one remarkable woman." Aragorn said to Legolas. Legolas shot him a glare "She is only a friend." "Sure that's what they all say." Aragorn had a smile on his face.
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That's chapter 4 of my story, the next shall come as soon a possible but I might only update on weekends because I have school and that must come first unfortunately. J Luv ya allz!