The Mystery of Love
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~Elvenleaf: Thank you for your review. Yes, Legolas is the hottest character . . . That is no contest.
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Chapter Ten (yippee!)
Decisions
~~~POV-REYNA~~~
I sat down at the table; Legolas sat across from me. He set a goblet and plate in front of me. On the plate was some green vegetable; it resembled a bean. Some meat; I could not identify what animal. Lastly, inside the goblet was a sweet and rich liquid. It flowed silkily down my parched throat and soothed my body. I looked up at Legolas, "Mani naa ilya sina?" {What is all this?}
He smiled, "Well, there are green beans from the garden, the meat is roasted rabbit (A/N: Insanity Rules-I wrote this before your review, LOL), and that drink you seem to like is Mead. Mead is a wine with low alcohol content but it is made of fermented honey. Many elves like it but it does not compare to Evermead. Evermead is the wine that all elves compare with. That wine is so fine that it is served only during the holiday season. Perhaps come Faradome (Summer Solstice) you will taste its fine texture."
I drank the glass bare, treasuring the sweet flavor. Legolas smiled, "Would you like more?"
I smiled, "I think it is helping my stomach settle." He faced seemed worried as I said that but he just poured another glass. He filled his goblet too and we drank in peaceful silence. I set the glass down and smiled, "Thank you for guarding my back earlier, in the forest."
Legolas smiled, "It was to be expected of me. I could not claim to be your friend and then let you fight every battle alone." A slight coloring lit up his cheeks.
I bowed my head slightly, "Thank you." As we sat there, eating and making small talk a loud commotion slithered through the palace halls.
Hir Elrond entered calmly. He put a hand on Legolas's shoulder and bent down, whispering in his ear. Legolas nodded and Elrond stood. He smiled, "Tari Reyna, please come with me." Legolas eyed me with a sadness I had never thought possible in his eyes.
I walked into Elrond's large council room. It wasn't really a room, it was open and there were chairs seated in a circle. I looked towards his chair to see an elf of Lothlorien facing away from me. He had long blonde locks that bore a resemblance to the sun's shining rays. He was about six feet and three inches tall. He wore a greenish gray cloak, much like the ones of Lothlorien.
I looked at Elrond peculiarly, "What is it that you wish of me Hir Elrond?" As I spoke the elf turned around. His blue-green eyes were wide with disbelief as he walked towards me. My sweeping eyes recognized those sea green pools easily. I stared for many moments. My hands ventured from his shoulders, to his arm and I finally gripped his hands tightly. I smiled, "Lord Haldir, how magnificent it is that you have returned to us. I thought you dead."
Haldir brushed my brown locks away from my cheek, "No my dear Reyna. I never went to Helm's Deep. I remained in Lothlorien. It was proposed that I do so, but it never came to be so. It has been many years since last our paths crossed. You have grown, and your feral beauty with you." I felt color rushing to my cheeks. "I have longed many nights to see you again. I heard of Lorei's death and when I went to Mirkwood. Thranduil told me an odd tale. He told me of a strange girl who arrived a while ago. She had the darkest mocha hair and piercing eyes. She was short, and part elven. She was a magical creature of sorts, who was definitely not accustomed to court life. I knew that was you Reyna, I knew it. I rode here swiftly as I could."
He pulled me into a tight and warm embrace. I sank into it, reveling in the scent I knew so well. The rich aroma of musk and that sweet scent of fresh fruits engulfed me in his embrace. I could never figure out how he managed to create such a tempting scent but I liked it.
As I pulled out of his arms to look at him again, I saw Legolas standing next to Elrond with a deep pain overshadowing his crystalline eyes. I walked over to Legolas, "You have already met my dearest brother Haldir, have you not?"
Legolas nodded, "I have had the honor, yes Híril Reyna." His formality stung.
Haldir walked over to me, "I also want you to meet my fiancé. Her name is Lirawen. Reyna, I hope you are not mad."
My eyes glazed over to hide the pain, "Oh, Haldir! I am so happy for you!" I shook the hand of the young elven maiden to my right. She had dark black hair and violet eyes. Her skin was pale as death, she was not beautiful but she was not ugly. I smiled at her, "You be good to my brother."
She smiled and bowed. I blushed as she spoke, "Tari Reyna, you are such a brave woman. Haldir has told me so much about you, but you are far more beautiful than he said."
I took my hand back, "Haldir is a kind man, but such is not true. I am not beautiful, if I were I would not be single." I laughed, "Trust me, there are dozens fairer than I. It is not a difficult feat to master." I looked at Legolas, he was eyeing me with such an intensity that I thought for a moment he saw through my barriers.
Elrond smiled, "We feast tonight. Let us go to the hall."
I looked up, "I must ask your leave Hir. I am due to meet Arwen and Aragorn come nightfall of the third day." Elrond nodded.
Legolas looked up, "Allow me to accompany you, I wish to speak with Aragorn anyway."
I nodded, "Of course Haryon. Let us pack." We walked into the halls of the structure. We passed the dinning hall, neither of us hungry after our meal.
~~~POV CHANGE-LEGOLAS GREENLEAF~~~
I walked with her in silence until we approached our rooms. I turned to her, "Were you and Haldir lovers once?"
Her eyes bubbled with tempestuous emotions, "Yes, once we were. Now we are not." I could not help but feel a pang of envy in response.
I nodded, "You were very close once?"
She took a deep breath, "We were engaged when I was sent by Gandalf to Glacia. I told him that we would wed when I returned. Upon my journey to Gondor, after departing from Glacia, I learned somewhere that Haldir had died in the battle of Helm's Deep. Now I find out all too late that this information was false. Oh well, everything has a price. I chose my people over my feelings and this is how fate has decided it. I have long since gotten over him." The pain that lingered in her eyes was evidence enough of her false words.
I bowed, "I will meet you in twenty minutes."
She sighed, for the first time I noticed the bags under her eyes, she was exhausted. She nodded, "I will be taking a bath. . . how about an hour?" I nodded and opened her door. She walked in and closed it behind her gently. I walked into my own room and collected my tunics. I placed all of my leggings into my saddlebag. Lastly, I walked over to my wardrobe. I pulled all the clothes away and shifted one of the floorboards. Inside was an oak chest; it was finely polished. I opened it and grabbed one last thing. I wrapped it in a silken cloth and packed it firmly away. I smiled, "Yes, she will like it a lot."
I packed one nice suit in case we stayed longer than expected and I walked out to saddle Arod. Arod was restlessly pacing his stall, stamping his feet. My ears perked, "What is it boy?" I listened intently to the distant footfalls of large Uruk-hai. I gripped my bow, "Thank you Arod, I will keep you safe." I ran out, it was foolish not to alert another but oh well. The trees were dense but no problem to me, I was as agile as a deer. The steps grew louder; I followed. After about twenty minutes of tracking I found an encampment of them. I climbed a tall elm tree and took aim. Then I noticed something, these Uruk-hai bore not weapons, and many of them were in terrible condition. A battle must have ensued, a harsh one from the look of their armor. I shot a true arrow through the skull of one, the others immediately stood. About twelve remained.
Suddenly I heard distraught cries, female cries. I saw a massive Uruk- hai dragging a woman behind him. It was Reyna, she wriggled from his grasp and growled. She yelled, "You vile bastards! You need to learn how to treat a queen!" A few of them whispered the word 'queen' in echo.
She kicked her captor quickly in the face. Her leg came above her head and broke his nose. She swept him to the ground with her other leg as she recovered. Reyna grabbed the crude sword he had and plunged it into his throat. A grin crossed her face, "Who's next? Since I can't kill Lirawen, you will have to do." Three ran at her. She kicked high and hard enough to break the neck of the leading orc, he fell to the ground limply.
The stolen dagger sliced through another's throat. One orc still charged her; she rolled out of the way of its thrusting sword. She grabbed his foot and wrestled him to the ground. He hit her hard on in the face. I saw two more advanced; I shot them dead. I took aim thrice more, killing three more. Reyna had lost her sword in the fight so she kneed him hard in the side.
He was stunned long enough for Reyna to steal his sword and stab him. Only three remained. An arrow whizzed past me and took down another Uruk-hai. I turned to see Elladan standing on a tree branch. He flipped down and handed Reyna a dagger. She slaughtered the other two quickly.
I dropped down, "'Twas a swell fight, Hírilamin." {My lady.} She smiled and headed back towards the stables.
She turned to me, "Thanks for the help." It was then that I realized I would never fully understand her, and her odd ways. Elladan walked with me back to Rivendell.
I walked into the stables and mounted Arod. Reyna was waiting on Kemi. I nodded, "Reyna. Let us depart."
Reyna rode gracefully. She sat up straight, her horse's hooves made no sound; it was a Wicca horse after all. She smiled, "If you wish I can speed us up a bit."
I looked at her quizzically, "How so?"
She grinned devilishly, "Well, Kemi here is a Wicca Horse. She has one branch of mother; she is called Wicca-kin. Her branch is Wind." That somewhat innocent grin lost all purity. Her grin was mischievous and troublesome.
I sighed, "It would seem I have no say in your decision." She whispered to Kemi and suddenly winds picked up behind us, speeding both horses up just a bit. I looked at her, "What did you tell Kemi?"
She smiled, bliss floating in her eyes. Her powers seemed to float around her, radiating around her. They brought her joy, she appeared to be a woman then, not a girl, as she reveled in the gifts she was granted, content with what and who she was. She giggled, "I told her we are finally going home!" Her melodic laughter rang through the sky and she began to sing. Her song was sweet but mysterious. She smiled, "The words are in the Fae Tongue but you will understand it."
I started to ask how but I noticed her light surrounding us, and the winds of Kemi engulfing us. She sang her rich tune blissfully. The words rang in my heart: A/N: since I am nowhere near as good as Tolkien I will just put the words in English, because I cannot make up a language.
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So many thoughts, so many dreams,
Ripening within this growing spirit,
I am one of the Mother, her blood rings in mine,
I am of the Fae, and will be for all time.
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I long for the meadows, I long for the snow,
Deep within my restless heart beckons to me,
My heart is that of the Sky, the Light and the Water.
They sing to me, for I am of the Fae.
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We live so that the Earth may live,
Souls of Mother Earth incarnated in us,
Forever our light shall shine from Glacia
For we are the Fae, I am the earth.
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This passion within me burns for you,
You torment my dreams at night; do I do that to you?
I try to put you from my mind, to concentrate on Mother,
I am Fae, and you are my lover, my soul mate, my Other.
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Her cheeks were blazing red as she stopped, the sweet melody and rich soothing tones that my ears reveled in stopped. My ears yearned to ear more; like an addiction to her voice, the silence pained them. I smiled, "That last verse didn't quite fit."
She looked at me; none of her walls were up now, "That is because it will be the verse I add as Queen."
I nodded, "That is suiting, who is this lover?"
She smiled, "I do not know. I only sing what pours from my heart, even if my mind cannot comprehend." I nodded and we rode, laughing and talking. The wind at our backs, her light in front of us and my love in between; we rode to Glacia.
~~~END~~~
Well? Good? I own that 'song' thingy. I hope it wasn't too cheesy. Sorry about the mush but some want romance. I have to add a little now and then to keep you all reading =P. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed!! PLEASE R&R
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE REVIEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~Flutterby: Thank you for your enthusiastic review. I hope I posted quickly enough to save you from heartache, lol. I am glad you enjoyed my story and I hope you will continue to. I fixed all the errors on my comp and when I revamp the corrections will appear. THANK YOU! Enjoy!
~Insanity Rules: You will get your bunny . . . *evil laugh* Oh yes you will.
~Elvenleaf: Thank you for your review. Yes, Legolas is the hottest character . . . That is no contest.
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Chapter Ten (yippee!)
Decisions
~~~POV-REYNA~~~
I sat down at the table; Legolas sat across from me. He set a goblet and plate in front of me. On the plate was some green vegetable; it resembled a bean. Some meat; I could not identify what animal. Lastly, inside the goblet was a sweet and rich liquid. It flowed silkily down my parched throat and soothed my body. I looked up at Legolas, "Mani naa ilya sina?" {What is all this?}
He smiled, "Well, there are green beans from the garden, the meat is roasted rabbit (A/N: Insanity Rules-I wrote this before your review, LOL), and that drink you seem to like is Mead. Mead is a wine with low alcohol content but it is made of fermented honey. Many elves like it but it does not compare to Evermead. Evermead is the wine that all elves compare with. That wine is so fine that it is served only during the holiday season. Perhaps come Faradome (Summer Solstice) you will taste its fine texture."
I drank the glass bare, treasuring the sweet flavor. Legolas smiled, "Would you like more?"
I smiled, "I think it is helping my stomach settle." He faced seemed worried as I said that but he just poured another glass. He filled his goblet too and we drank in peaceful silence. I set the glass down and smiled, "Thank you for guarding my back earlier, in the forest."
Legolas smiled, "It was to be expected of me. I could not claim to be your friend and then let you fight every battle alone." A slight coloring lit up his cheeks.
I bowed my head slightly, "Thank you." As we sat there, eating and making small talk a loud commotion slithered through the palace halls.
Hir Elrond entered calmly. He put a hand on Legolas's shoulder and bent down, whispering in his ear. Legolas nodded and Elrond stood. He smiled, "Tari Reyna, please come with me." Legolas eyed me with a sadness I had never thought possible in his eyes.
I walked into Elrond's large council room. It wasn't really a room, it was open and there were chairs seated in a circle. I looked towards his chair to see an elf of Lothlorien facing away from me. He had long blonde locks that bore a resemblance to the sun's shining rays. He was about six feet and three inches tall. He wore a greenish gray cloak, much like the ones of Lothlorien.
I looked at Elrond peculiarly, "What is it that you wish of me Hir Elrond?" As I spoke the elf turned around. His blue-green eyes were wide with disbelief as he walked towards me. My sweeping eyes recognized those sea green pools easily. I stared for many moments. My hands ventured from his shoulders, to his arm and I finally gripped his hands tightly. I smiled, "Lord Haldir, how magnificent it is that you have returned to us. I thought you dead."
Haldir brushed my brown locks away from my cheek, "No my dear Reyna. I never went to Helm's Deep. I remained in Lothlorien. It was proposed that I do so, but it never came to be so. It has been many years since last our paths crossed. You have grown, and your feral beauty with you." I felt color rushing to my cheeks. "I have longed many nights to see you again. I heard of Lorei's death and when I went to Mirkwood. Thranduil told me an odd tale. He told me of a strange girl who arrived a while ago. She had the darkest mocha hair and piercing eyes. She was short, and part elven. She was a magical creature of sorts, who was definitely not accustomed to court life. I knew that was you Reyna, I knew it. I rode here swiftly as I could."
He pulled me into a tight and warm embrace. I sank into it, reveling in the scent I knew so well. The rich aroma of musk and that sweet scent of fresh fruits engulfed me in his embrace. I could never figure out how he managed to create such a tempting scent but I liked it.
As I pulled out of his arms to look at him again, I saw Legolas standing next to Elrond with a deep pain overshadowing his crystalline eyes. I walked over to Legolas, "You have already met my dearest brother Haldir, have you not?"
Legolas nodded, "I have had the honor, yes Híril Reyna." His formality stung.
Haldir walked over to me, "I also want you to meet my fiancé. Her name is Lirawen. Reyna, I hope you are not mad."
My eyes glazed over to hide the pain, "Oh, Haldir! I am so happy for you!" I shook the hand of the young elven maiden to my right. She had dark black hair and violet eyes. Her skin was pale as death, she was not beautiful but she was not ugly. I smiled at her, "You be good to my brother."
She smiled and bowed. I blushed as she spoke, "Tari Reyna, you are such a brave woman. Haldir has told me so much about you, but you are far more beautiful than he said."
I took my hand back, "Haldir is a kind man, but such is not true. I am not beautiful, if I were I would not be single." I laughed, "Trust me, there are dozens fairer than I. It is not a difficult feat to master." I looked at Legolas, he was eyeing me with such an intensity that I thought for a moment he saw through my barriers.
Elrond smiled, "We feast tonight. Let us go to the hall."
I looked up, "I must ask your leave Hir. I am due to meet Arwen and Aragorn come nightfall of the third day." Elrond nodded.
Legolas looked up, "Allow me to accompany you, I wish to speak with Aragorn anyway."
I nodded, "Of course Haryon. Let us pack." We walked into the halls of the structure. We passed the dinning hall, neither of us hungry after our meal.
~~~POV CHANGE-LEGOLAS GREENLEAF~~~
I walked with her in silence until we approached our rooms. I turned to her, "Were you and Haldir lovers once?"
Her eyes bubbled with tempestuous emotions, "Yes, once we were. Now we are not." I could not help but feel a pang of envy in response.
I nodded, "You were very close once?"
She took a deep breath, "We were engaged when I was sent by Gandalf to Glacia. I told him that we would wed when I returned. Upon my journey to Gondor, after departing from Glacia, I learned somewhere that Haldir had died in the battle of Helm's Deep. Now I find out all too late that this information was false. Oh well, everything has a price. I chose my people over my feelings and this is how fate has decided it. I have long since gotten over him." The pain that lingered in her eyes was evidence enough of her false words.
I bowed, "I will meet you in twenty minutes."
She sighed, for the first time I noticed the bags under her eyes, she was exhausted. She nodded, "I will be taking a bath. . . how about an hour?" I nodded and opened her door. She walked in and closed it behind her gently. I walked into my own room and collected my tunics. I placed all of my leggings into my saddlebag. Lastly, I walked over to my wardrobe. I pulled all the clothes away and shifted one of the floorboards. Inside was an oak chest; it was finely polished. I opened it and grabbed one last thing. I wrapped it in a silken cloth and packed it firmly away. I smiled, "Yes, she will like it a lot."
I packed one nice suit in case we stayed longer than expected and I walked out to saddle Arod. Arod was restlessly pacing his stall, stamping his feet. My ears perked, "What is it boy?" I listened intently to the distant footfalls of large Uruk-hai. I gripped my bow, "Thank you Arod, I will keep you safe." I ran out, it was foolish not to alert another but oh well. The trees were dense but no problem to me, I was as agile as a deer. The steps grew louder; I followed. After about twenty minutes of tracking I found an encampment of them. I climbed a tall elm tree and took aim. Then I noticed something, these Uruk-hai bore not weapons, and many of them were in terrible condition. A battle must have ensued, a harsh one from the look of their armor. I shot a true arrow through the skull of one, the others immediately stood. About twelve remained.
Suddenly I heard distraught cries, female cries. I saw a massive Uruk- hai dragging a woman behind him. It was Reyna, she wriggled from his grasp and growled. She yelled, "You vile bastards! You need to learn how to treat a queen!" A few of them whispered the word 'queen' in echo.
She kicked her captor quickly in the face. Her leg came above her head and broke his nose. She swept him to the ground with her other leg as she recovered. Reyna grabbed the crude sword he had and plunged it into his throat. A grin crossed her face, "Who's next? Since I can't kill Lirawen, you will have to do." Three ran at her. She kicked high and hard enough to break the neck of the leading orc, he fell to the ground limply.
The stolen dagger sliced through another's throat. One orc still charged her; she rolled out of the way of its thrusting sword. She grabbed his foot and wrestled him to the ground. He hit her hard on in the face. I saw two more advanced; I shot them dead. I took aim thrice more, killing three more. Reyna had lost her sword in the fight so she kneed him hard in the side.
He was stunned long enough for Reyna to steal his sword and stab him. Only three remained. An arrow whizzed past me and took down another Uruk-hai. I turned to see Elladan standing on a tree branch. He flipped down and handed Reyna a dagger. She slaughtered the other two quickly.
I dropped down, "'Twas a swell fight, Hírilamin." {My lady.} She smiled and headed back towards the stables.
She turned to me, "Thanks for the help." It was then that I realized I would never fully understand her, and her odd ways. Elladan walked with me back to Rivendell.
I walked into the stables and mounted Arod. Reyna was waiting on Kemi. I nodded, "Reyna. Let us depart."
Reyna rode gracefully. She sat up straight, her horse's hooves made no sound; it was a Wicca horse after all. She smiled, "If you wish I can speed us up a bit."
I looked at her quizzically, "How so?"
She grinned devilishly, "Well, Kemi here is a Wicca Horse. She has one branch of mother; she is called Wicca-kin. Her branch is Wind." That somewhat innocent grin lost all purity. Her grin was mischievous and troublesome.
I sighed, "It would seem I have no say in your decision." She whispered to Kemi and suddenly winds picked up behind us, speeding both horses up just a bit. I looked at her, "What did you tell Kemi?"
She smiled, bliss floating in her eyes. Her powers seemed to float around her, radiating around her. They brought her joy, she appeared to be a woman then, not a girl, as she reveled in the gifts she was granted, content with what and who she was. She giggled, "I told her we are finally going home!" Her melodic laughter rang through the sky and she began to sing. Her song was sweet but mysterious. She smiled, "The words are in the Fae Tongue but you will understand it."
I started to ask how but I noticed her light surrounding us, and the winds of Kemi engulfing us. She sang her rich tune blissfully. The words rang in my heart: A/N: since I am nowhere near as good as Tolkien I will just put the words in English, because I cannot make up a language.
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So many thoughts, so many dreams,
Ripening within this growing spirit,
I am one of the Mother, her blood rings in mine,
I am of the Fae, and will be for all time.
~
I long for the meadows, I long for the snow,
Deep within my restless heart beckons to me,
My heart is that of the Sky, the Light and the Water.
They sing to me, for I am of the Fae.
~
We live so that the Earth may live,
Souls of Mother Earth incarnated in us,
Forever our light shall shine from Glacia
For we are the Fae, I am the earth.
~
This passion within me burns for you,
You torment my dreams at night; do I do that to you?
I try to put you from my mind, to concentrate on Mother,
I am Fae, and you are my lover, my soul mate, my Other.
~
Her cheeks were blazing red as she stopped, the sweet melody and rich soothing tones that my ears reveled in stopped. My ears yearned to ear more; like an addiction to her voice, the silence pained them. I smiled, "That last verse didn't quite fit."
She looked at me; none of her walls were up now, "That is because it will be the verse I add as Queen."
I nodded, "That is suiting, who is this lover?"
She smiled, "I do not know. I only sing what pours from my heart, even if my mind cannot comprehend." I nodded and we rode, laughing and talking. The wind at our backs, her light in front of us and my love in between; we rode to Glacia.
~~~END~~~
Well? Good? I own that 'song' thingy. I hope it wasn't too cheesy. Sorry about the mush but some want romance. I have to add a little now and then to keep you all reading =P. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed!! PLEASE R&R