Answers to your questions:
RavenGirl: You will get some of your answers in this chapter. The fellowship has been formed. It is October 29th, four days after the Council.
Mrs. Ekeena Greenleaf: No, I do not dance ballet. I am fascinated by the dance though and have studied some of the techniques. You said in your review that you dance ballet, good for you! You have any dance techniques or dance anything and you would like to tell me I would be glad if you did.
Sunrunner of Summer: You will find out in this chapter why they were shocked about her age, just read and find out.
Shinimegami: Thank you for your suggestion and I will contact you if I need help. I like your story, please continue.
Thank you to all that reviewed. I'm so happy!! Please continue to read and review my story!!!
Life Sucks
By: Dreamweaver
" What? Is something wrong?" Maria asked.
" You're so young. You're just a child." Legolas told her.
" I'm not an child. I'm a teenager, there's a difference." She told him. " And besides, what's the big deal?"
" You don't look 15." Celeste told her.
" Correction, I'm 15 ½. I know I don't look fifteen. People always mistake me for looking older cuz of my face but if you really look at me you can tell the difference." All of them took a good long look at her. Maria was about 5'3 - 5'4, she had brown hair which reached the middle of her back if she took it out of the ponytail. She wore glasses and had freckles. She also had brown eyes.
Maria wasn't tall but she wasn't short either, she wasn't fat but not skinny. Her skin had a tan color to it. Maria was a average girl for her age. Most people mistaken her for someone older because even at a young age she already had the curves and the breast most girls wanted.
She started to get a little annoyed when they just kept looking at her. Analyzing her, she started to get a little self-conscious and angry. " Quit eyeing me! Geez, act like you never seen a teenager before." She told them after 5 minutes of staring. Without seeing if they would follow her she just walked away. All of them felt a bit guilty for staring at her and walked after her. Maria just kept walking not even bothering to slow down when they started to call out to her. She only stopped when Legolas grabbed her wrist and forcing her to stop.
She didn't turn to look at them. " Maria, we are sorry for 'eying' you as you say. We apologize, we didn't realize how young you were." He told her.
" It's alright, just don't do it again. Um…you can let go now." Legolas didn't realize he was still holding her wrist. He was about to let go when he felt a bump on her wrist.
He brought her hand up and took a good look at it. There was a long scar across the wrist. " What's this?" He grabbed the other wrist and saw another scar just like it.
Aragorn and Celeste approached them and saw her wrist.
" Maria, where did you get this? Surly not from the orcs?" Aragorn asked.
" No, they didn't give me that. Its nothing to worry about."
" Where did you get it then? It must have been deep if it left a mark." Celeste commented.
" Look, its nothing okay. It's healed, I'm fine." She told them getting annoyed. They kept looking and whispering to each other in elvish. Now she was getting down right pist. She yanked her hands out of Legolas grip. " It's not a big freakin deal. So stop worrying about it. And I would appreciate it if you would stop talking in elvish about me as if I'm not here. I may not understand it but I know when someone is talking about me." She snapped at them.
She walked away from them, this time they weren't following her. She eventually found her way back to her room. Locking the door, she sat outside on the balcony railing, staring out into the woods. She wasn't even paying attention to her surroundings. Her mind occupied with thoughts. She didn't take noticed of anything until she realized the sun was starting to set. " Shit. Haven't even know them for a day and you're already worried about them. That's just great." She told herself, feeling guilty for they way she acted toward Legolas, Aragorn and Celeste.
She took off her glasses and rubbed the bridge of her nose in frustration. She put them back on and walked out of the room. She searched the grounds looking for them. She had no such luck but she did find the kitchens. The cook made her a early supper which Maria savored. She looked around again to look for them but couldn't find any of them. Maria was trying to find her way back to her room when she walked past the room full of instruments that Celeste had showed her.
She entered the room and just stared at the instruments. She was looking at two in particular. One looked exactly like a flute while the other one looked like a piano. She grabbed the one that looked like a flute and made sure no one was looking. She brought it up to her mouth and blew. It sounded just like the one she had at her apartment. Doing a bflat scale, she found that everything was the same, it just looked different. She ran her fingers down it remembering that she first learned in the 7th grade how to play.
Bringing it back to her lips, she closed her eyes and played Hawaii Pono'I. She then played Garden of the Black Rose from memory. She kept playing, unaware that elves could hear her playing. They walked to the room where the music was coming from. Totally oblivious to the audience she kept playing. She didn't stop until she finished In the Shining of the Stars. A smile graced her face, she opened her eyes only to find an bunch of elves looking right back at her. Red also started to grace her face especially on the cheeks. She looked amongst the crowd of the elves to see Elrond, Gandalf, Arwen, Legolas, Aragorn and Celeste among the bunch.
They were all smiling at her, she smiled right back. As if on cue all of the elves started to clap. She gave a quick bow, put down the flute and walked towards Legolas, Celeste and Aragorn. She linked arms with Celeste and Legolas, gave a look to Aragorn telling him to follow and walked out of the room. None of them said anything until they reached the gardens. " I'm really sorry for snapping at you guys like I did. You were only concerned and I was rude to you." She told them.
" It's alright. We apologize for what we did. You were correct about what we were doing." Celeste told her, the guys nodding in agreement.
" Okay, now that we all said sorry lets go get something to eat."
" Again?" Legolas asked.
" What do you mean again?"
" I saw you coming out of the kitchen earlier."
" You were spying on me?"
" No, I walked right past you but you didn't seem to notice since you were so focused on your dinner roll." Legolas said, laughing at her when she blushed. Celeste and Aragorn doing the same.
" I told you I'm a growing girl and besides, the portions were small." They all laughed even Maria. They were in the kitchen eating when Maria brought up the topic about how old every one was. " So exactly how old are you guys. I mean I told you how old I was so its only fair to tell me how old you are."
" I am 2931 years old." Legolas said. Maria spit out the water she was drinking, spraying the water on Legolas. Aragorn busted out laughing while Celeste had a amused smile on her face.
" Sorry." Water was on his tunic and face. Maria grabbed a napkin and wiped some of the water off his face and clothes, giggling while doing it.
" Maybe…hehe…we should…hehe…stay away from that topic." After eating they walked back to Maria's room. Maria sitting in front of the mirror brushing out her hair. Celeste occupied the bed while Aragorn and Legolas sat in the chairs. They talked late into the night, Legolas was telling them a story when he noticed that Maria was starting to nod off. " Are you listening to me Maria?" He asked.
" No, not really…yawn. Me thinks your boring, just kidding." She got out of the chair she was occupying and stretched. " Sorry to say this to you guys but I'm giving you the boot. I'm about to fall asleep so its time to say good night."
They all bid her a goodnight and left the room. She changed into one of the night gowns she found and fell asleep. Maria was crying in her sleep, she kept thrashing in the bed. She didn't stop till she rolled over the edge of the bed hitting the floor causing her to wake up. " Fuuuuck! That hurt." She cried out. She rubbed her bottom as she got off the floor only to tumble once more because the sheets were tangled around her feet. She kicked the sheets of her legs and walked to the mirror.
Her eyes widened when she looked at herself. Maria's hair was all matted to one side. Her eyes bloodshot, her gown all rumpled. It didn't matter that her face was still jacked up from the orcs. " Goddamnit." She whispered to herself. She tried to get her hair to stay down but it wasn't working. She looked outside and saw the it was probably 5 or 5:30 in the morning. ' Might as well get dressed.' She thought.
Maria took a quick bath, brushed her teeth, not bothering to tie up her hair and looked at the closet for something decent to wear. Since she couldn't wear her clothes since they needed to be washed she rummaged through the dresses hanging in front of her. She finally found one that wasn't too fancy. It was green with long sleeves and no fancy embroidering on it. It was just plain. She put it on and fastened the back but not too tight to cause pain. She grabbed the slippers and put them on.
She walked around for a hour, spending some time in the music room. She walked to the kitchens eating a light breakfast. She spent the rest of her time in the gardens. Maria sat down against one of the trees the bark digging into her back. It was probably around seven when there was movement around Rivendell. Maria didn't want to go back to her room but she did want some more sleep and the gardens were a good place for it. She tried to get comfortable but just couldn't sleep.
Aragorn, Legolas, Arwen and Celeste found her like that. " Good morning Maria." They called out to her.
" It's not a good morning. I had a nightmare last night and couldn't really sleep. Now I'm grumpy." She told them. Legolas lied down on her right and Aragorn on her left. Celeste and Arwen in front of her.
" Do you want to talk about it?" Arwen asked.
" No, not really." Celeste chatted to her happily, everyone else joining in.
" Great. Had to make friends with morning people. I'm not a morning person. How can you guys be so cheery? I just can't do that." She grumbled to them. They laughed at her.
" Go ahead and laugh. But one of you guys are going to be my pillow." She laid her head on Aragorn's stomach but found it was too hard. She tried Celeste and Arwen but just couldn't fall asleep. She then tried Legolas and found it to be just right. " Your head is heavy." Legolas told her.
" Really?" She hit his stomach with her head.
" Oof! That hurt."
" That's for saying I have a heavy head blondie. It's only heavy cuz I have a big brain which makes me very intelligent. Now someone tell me a story." Aragorn with the help of Celeste told her a story about elves.
Arwen played with her hair, Legolas did nothing but just laid there, playing the part of the pillow. That's how Elrond and Gandalf found them. Elrond smiled at them.
To be continued….
Authors Note: Hope you guys like this chapter. Please review. This chapter was suppose to build the friendship between them. The hobbits and the rest of the fellowship will show up in the next chapter. Review!!!
RavenGirl: You will get some of your answers in this chapter. The fellowship has been formed. It is October 29th, four days after the Council.
Mrs. Ekeena Greenleaf: No, I do not dance ballet. I am fascinated by the dance though and have studied some of the techniques. You said in your review that you dance ballet, good for you! You have any dance techniques or dance anything and you would like to tell me I would be glad if you did.
Sunrunner of Summer: You will find out in this chapter why they were shocked about her age, just read and find out.
Shinimegami: Thank you for your suggestion and I will contact you if I need help. I like your story, please continue.
Thank you to all that reviewed. I'm so happy!! Please continue to read and review my story!!!
Life Sucks
By: Dreamweaver
" What? Is something wrong?" Maria asked.
" You're so young. You're just a child." Legolas told her.
" I'm not an child. I'm a teenager, there's a difference." She told him. " And besides, what's the big deal?"
" You don't look 15." Celeste told her.
" Correction, I'm 15 ½. I know I don't look fifteen. People always mistake me for looking older cuz of my face but if you really look at me you can tell the difference." All of them took a good long look at her. Maria was about 5'3 - 5'4, she had brown hair which reached the middle of her back if she took it out of the ponytail. She wore glasses and had freckles. She also had brown eyes.
Maria wasn't tall but she wasn't short either, she wasn't fat but not skinny. Her skin had a tan color to it. Maria was a average girl for her age. Most people mistaken her for someone older because even at a young age she already had the curves and the breast most girls wanted.
She started to get a little annoyed when they just kept looking at her. Analyzing her, she started to get a little self-conscious and angry. " Quit eyeing me! Geez, act like you never seen a teenager before." She told them after 5 minutes of staring. Without seeing if they would follow her she just walked away. All of them felt a bit guilty for staring at her and walked after her. Maria just kept walking not even bothering to slow down when they started to call out to her. She only stopped when Legolas grabbed her wrist and forcing her to stop.
She didn't turn to look at them. " Maria, we are sorry for 'eying' you as you say. We apologize, we didn't realize how young you were." He told her.
" It's alright, just don't do it again. Um…you can let go now." Legolas didn't realize he was still holding her wrist. He was about to let go when he felt a bump on her wrist.
He brought her hand up and took a good look at it. There was a long scar across the wrist. " What's this?" He grabbed the other wrist and saw another scar just like it.
Aragorn and Celeste approached them and saw her wrist.
" Maria, where did you get this? Surly not from the orcs?" Aragorn asked.
" No, they didn't give me that. Its nothing to worry about."
" Where did you get it then? It must have been deep if it left a mark." Celeste commented.
" Look, its nothing okay. It's healed, I'm fine." She told them getting annoyed. They kept looking and whispering to each other in elvish. Now she was getting down right pist. She yanked her hands out of Legolas grip. " It's not a big freakin deal. So stop worrying about it. And I would appreciate it if you would stop talking in elvish about me as if I'm not here. I may not understand it but I know when someone is talking about me." She snapped at them.
She walked away from them, this time they weren't following her. She eventually found her way back to her room. Locking the door, she sat outside on the balcony railing, staring out into the woods. She wasn't even paying attention to her surroundings. Her mind occupied with thoughts. She didn't take noticed of anything until she realized the sun was starting to set. " Shit. Haven't even know them for a day and you're already worried about them. That's just great." She told herself, feeling guilty for they way she acted toward Legolas, Aragorn and Celeste.
She took off her glasses and rubbed the bridge of her nose in frustration. She put them back on and walked out of the room. She searched the grounds looking for them. She had no such luck but she did find the kitchens. The cook made her a early supper which Maria savored. She looked around again to look for them but couldn't find any of them. Maria was trying to find her way back to her room when she walked past the room full of instruments that Celeste had showed her.
She entered the room and just stared at the instruments. She was looking at two in particular. One looked exactly like a flute while the other one looked like a piano. She grabbed the one that looked like a flute and made sure no one was looking. She brought it up to her mouth and blew. It sounded just like the one she had at her apartment. Doing a bflat scale, she found that everything was the same, it just looked different. She ran her fingers down it remembering that she first learned in the 7th grade how to play.
Bringing it back to her lips, she closed her eyes and played Hawaii Pono'I. She then played Garden of the Black Rose from memory. She kept playing, unaware that elves could hear her playing. They walked to the room where the music was coming from. Totally oblivious to the audience she kept playing. She didn't stop until she finished In the Shining of the Stars. A smile graced her face, she opened her eyes only to find an bunch of elves looking right back at her. Red also started to grace her face especially on the cheeks. She looked amongst the crowd of the elves to see Elrond, Gandalf, Arwen, Legolas, Aragorn and Celeste among the bunch.
They were all smiling at her, she smiled right back. As if on cue all of the elves started to clap. She gave a quick bow, put down the flute and walked towards Legolas, Celeste and Aragorn. She linked arms with Celeste and Legolas, gave a look to Aragorn telling him to follow and walked out of the room. None of them said anything until they reached the gardens. " I'm really sorry for snapping at you guys like I did. You were only concerned and I was rude to you." She told them.
" It's alright. We apologize for what we did. You were correct about what we were doing." Celeste told her, the guys nodding in agreement.
" Okay, now that we all said sorry lets go get something to eat."
" Again?" Legolas asked.
" What do you mean again?"
" I saw you coming out of the kitchen earlier."
" You were spying on me?"
" No, I walked right past you but you didn't seem to notice since you were so focused on your dinner roll." Legolas said, laughing at her when she blushed. Celeste and Aragorn doing the same.
" I told you I'm a growing girl and besides, the portions were small." They all laughed even Maria. They were in the kitchen eating when Maria brought up the topic about how old every one was. " So exactly how old are you guys. I mean I told you how old I was so its only fair to tell me how old you are."
" I am 2931 years old." Legolas said. Maria spit out the water she was drinking, spraying the water on Legolas. Aragorn busted out laughing while Celeste had a amused smile on her face.
" Sorry." Water was on his tunic and face. Maria grabbed a napkin and wiped some of the water off his face and clothes, giggling while doing it.
" Maybe…hehe…we should…hehe…stay away from that topic." After eating they walked back to Maria's room. Maria sitting in front of the mirror brushing out her hair. Celeste occupied the bed while Aragorn and Legolas sat in the chairs. They talked late into the night, Legolas was telling them a story when he noticed that Maria was starting to nod off. " Are you listening to me Maria?" He asked.
" No, not really…yawn. Me thinks your boring, just kidding." She got out of the chair she was occupying and stretched. " Sorry to say this to you guys but I'm giving you the boot. I'm about to fall asleep so its time to say good night."
They all bid her a goodnight and left the room. She changed into one of the night gowns she found and fell asleep. Maria was crying in her sleep, she kept thrashing in the bed. She didn't stop till she rolled over the edge of the bed hitting the floor causing her to wake up. " Fuuuuck! That hurt." She cried out. She rubbed her bottom as she got off the floor only to tumble once more because the sheets were tangled around her feet. She kicked the sheets of her legs and walked to the mirror.
Her eyes widened when she looked at herself. Maria's hair was all matted to one side. Her eyes bloodshot, her gown all rumpled. It didn't matter that her face was still jacked up from the orcs. " Goddamnit." She whispered to herself. She tried to get her hair to stay down but it wasn't working. She looked outside and saw the it was probably 5 or 5:30 in the morning. ' Might as well get dressed.' She thought.
Maria took a quick bath, brushed her teeth, not bothering to tie up her hair and looked at the closet for something decent to wear. Since she couldn't wear her clothes since they needed to be washed she rummaged through the dresses hanging in front of her. She finally found one that wasn't too fancy. It was green with long sleeves and no fancy embroidering on it. It was just plain. She put it on and fastened the back but not too tight to cause pain. She grabbed the slippers and put them on.
She walked around for a hour, spending some time in the music room. She walked to the kitchens eating a light breakfast. She spent the rest of her time in the gardens. Maria sat down against one of the trees the bark digging into her back. It was probably around seven when there was movement around Rivendell. Maria didn't want to go back to her room but she did want some more sleep and the gardens were a good place for it. She tried to get comfortable but just couldn't sleep.
Aragorn, Legolas, Arwen and Celeste found her like that. " Good morning Maria." They called out to her.
" It's not a good morning. I had a nightmare last night and couldn't really sleep. Now I'm grumpy." She told them. Legolas lied down on her right and Aragorn on her left. Celeste and Arwen in front of her.
" Do you want to talk about it?" Arwen asked.
" No, not really." Celeste chatted to her happily, everyone else joining in.
" Great. Had to make friends with morning people. I'm not a morning person. How can you guys be so cheery? I just can't do that." She grumbled to them. They laughed at her.
" Go ahead and laugh. But one of you guys are going to be my pillow." She laid her head on Aragorn's stomach but found it was too hard. She tried Celeste and Arwen but just couldn't fall asleep. She then tried Legolas and found it to be just right. " Your head is heavy." Legolas told her.
" Really?" She hit his stomach with her head.
" Oof! That hurt."
" That's for saying I have a heavy head blondie. It's only heavy cuz I have a big brain which makes me very intelligent. Now someone tell me a story." Aragorn with the help of Celeste told her a story about elves.
Arwen played with her hair, Legolas did nothing but just laid there, playing the part of the pillow. That's how Elrond and Gandalf found them. Elrond smiled at them.
To be continued….
Authors Note: Hope you guys like this chapter. Please review. This chapter was suppose to build the friendship between them. The hobbits and the rest of the fellowship will show up in the next chapter. Review!!!