A work in Progress
chapter 13
POV: Laingalad
By: Candy
Back in my usual gown without those irritating laces, I went to seek Elladan and Elrohir. Overnight an idea for another prank came to me. I would simply punch a hole in his pride, perhaps that might tone down his egotistical brain.
I found them in one of the gardens, chatting up maidens by the look of things. On taking a closer look, these maidens were from Lorien, their hair fair and not native to our halls.
"Elladan, Elrohir, May I have a word?" I asked, tugging at the sleeves of their tunic. They turned and looked at me.
"Excuse us ladies," they said, Elladan taking a bow as Elrohir placed a kiss upon the back of his elleths hand, causing her to blush and giggle. I could not help but roll my eyes.
Once away from the elleths presence I asked them,
"Are you two doing anything in two days time?"
"Nay" Elladan puzzled at my intention
"That is good to hear, could you by any chance challenge Haldir, to a tournament in archery?" I questioned, hoping that the mischievous look in my eyes would go un-noticed
"Dear, sweet maiden" Elrohir closed in on me, gazing down into my eyes "that false pretence will not fool us. You have a plan brewing behind those deceiving eyes"
"My friends, I should have realised that I cannot deceive you. However, will you challenge Haldir for me in two days?"
"We could, but first my dear friend, you must tell us of your childish endeavour" Elladan demanded
"Childish? Nay, more of amusement on our account. All you two have to do is challenge him, show up and say you invited me along, So will you aid me in such a task?"
"For you we shall agree, though I am certain it will only result in humiliation on our account, for we are certain to lose" Elrohir replied looking at his brother for confirmation. I grinned at them only to have Elladan question me.
"There is more to this then that what meets the eyes. Would you care to enlighten us?"
"Let's just say the outcome of the forthcoming event will be a good one, for you two," I said looking at Elladan, whose gaze constantly wondered back to the two maidens they had left a few minutes ago.
"Do you two happen to know where Haldir keeps his arrows?" I asked
"Secured in his room, is where all his weaponry is stored. He dares not to keep them in common storing. Wait...you are asking for arrows?" Thought Elrohir
"She asks for Haldir's arrows. What she intends to do with them is a mystery" Elladan raised his shapely eyebrow.
"You shall see, but promise me that you shall inform me of the time, after you have approached him with this challenge."
"Aye, we shall" nodded Elladan "I shall be hoping for your success, for our sakes. No doubt Haldir shall be suspicious of a friendly proposition from us widely known jesters"
"Aye, but being the gentlemen he is renowned for, he will not decline your offer"
"Excuse us Laingalad" Elrohir interjected
"But the attention from our dates is waning" he motioned to the two elleths.
"Have fun then, don't shatter them, I'm sure your grandmother will be more then pleased with yet more maidens that you have returned to her in a slightly infatuated manner,"
"We have that effect on elleths" Jested Elrohir, skipping to the side of the prettier elf maiden.
I left the two to flirt, as I headed for the stables.
On the way there an elleth rudely walked into me. On taking a closer look I found it was the elleth who was dancing with Haldir the other night, if you could call it dancing.
"I'm sorry, but in future please watch where you are going" I said dusting down my dress
"You can be certain that you shall be avoided, Aglarebwen" What was this? Had the whole of Rivendell switched to using my birth name? I threw her an annoyed look before replying "And what are you implying?"
"I am in a hurry, and have not the time to rebuke your insanities" Rising to her feet resuming her elegant postures, the elleth continued further along the pathway. I sighed and said over my shoulder
"I'm sure you're in a hurry. Good luck in seeking out my fiancé; whilst you can"
From what I heard she stopped and turned, I turned to face her only to be greeted by a sinister grin "I will" She commented before rushing off once more.
Having humoured myself I continued to the stables where I found Celairclaur. I mounted her and took off on a trot away from the stables. For some reason, riding always cleared my head.
On my return I found the elleth once again at the stables. Did she seriously think that in waiting here he would turn up?
I feed my horse and began brushing her down. Glancing up occasionally, to find the elleth still standing there. It was at this moment that from the corner of my eyes I saw Haldir heading towards us. For some obscure reason his horse was still stabled next to mine.
I heard a thud and looked up. There was Haldir lying on the floor with the elleth on top of him. This would be interesting, was he seeing this elleth, even though he was engaged to me? If so, perhaps My Ada would like to have a nice long chat with him.
"Lady Cerina" He greeted her. Was that disgust in his voice? Perhaps I had judged him too soon, but I shall wait and see. I finished brushing down my horse and began to listen to their conversation.
Cerina was hissing something at Haldir; I caught a few odd words here and there, by now she was literally lying flat on top of him. I watched in amusement as he tried to push her off.
"And how can you presume that you have known me after merely having you bed me after two weeks for some fun?" He asked. That was way too much information. So this Cerina, was one of his many victims I presumed. I was sickened by the idea of what he had called fun. Leaving him to struggle on his own I left for home. I decided that this would be best kept between him and I. It could prove vital in the future, should I wish to use the event in such a way.
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Waking that morning I entered the great hall and sat myself down beside Elrohir and Elladan. They informed me that I was to be at the archery range at mid-day tomorrow. This left me around about a day to do what I must. That evening I found Haldir talking to Erestor, and knowing him, Erestor would keep him busy for quite a while. The perfect time for me to see to the arrows.
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While walking through the hallways, I noticed few passers by, allowing me the good fortune of slipping into Haldir's quarters unnoticed.
As expected his room was impeccable. Everything had it's own place and they stood proudly in it. I could see Haldir now, prancing around his Lothlorien talan dusting and sweeping; humming to himself as he polished the floor on his knees! Smiling at the thought of such a ridiculous thing I spotted the quiver resting in the corner full of perfectly made arrows, though not for long.
I knew little of how to fletch arrows, but dismantling or sabotaging them wouldn't be too hard to accomplish. I loosened the fletching grip on each arrow, and turned them a millimetre. When the defective arrows flew through the air, they will swerve off course, embarrassing the soon to be march-warden, and his ability to fletch arrows. Once I had finished I put down the quiver as it had been before, and turned to leave the room.
Looking out of the door I saw that a group had gathered outside. How could I sneak out unnoticed now?
Why have these elves decided to gather in this corridor for? Oh my, did some random elleth just call the name Haldir? If he sees me in here my preparations shall be found out, and this backfire proof prank of mine will be pre-maturely laid at rest.
Scanning the room, I saw a few possible places to hide, and opted for sandwiching myself between the floor and low hardwood bed. It would seems that my vision of house maiden Haldir was shattered when I breathed in a lungful of dust, that had settled under his bed.
Haldir had not polished the floor thoroughly enough for my liking. But this whole ordeal will prove to be worth it, when humiliation further stiffens Haldir's hard brow.
It was not long before the Haldir in question entered the room. He stomped across the floor to the full-length mirror ahead of him. I could not see his face, but only his lower torso and legs standing in front of the mirror from under his bed. Haldir stood still for a while. Then suddenly and quite surprisingly, he whipped his leggings from under his tunic down to the ground. I turned, daring not to look, however I have never seen and elf's manhood before, the temptation caused my eyes to pry open. I dare not respond to the sight before me. Haldir stood there, staring I assumed at himself in the mirror. A disturbing thought now that I think about it, might I add, this elf was more vain then I had thought. Every thought that crossed my mind told my to look away, to hide and not come out until all was clear. But a sudden force stronger then my will had taken control of me. I found that I could not look away; I even found the slight feeling of desire building up within me. I lay there, transfixed at this sight, I mixture of curiosity and lust began to grow deep within me, as I began to understand what he had to boast about. I explored Haldir's lower body, from his thick and sturdy ankles to his dimpled firm looking behind. I dismissed my burning desire to carry on looking, No, this could not be desire, never had I desired an elf, and today will not be the day that I wish for that to change. This must be curiosity, whichever it was I dismissed the sight that was still before me from my mind, concentrating on more pressing matters; such as calming my heaving chest, in case it would be heard by Haldir's hearing. I must be still. I must lie silent. It seemed like hours before Haldir's finally climbed into bed and rested himself for the day.
From the last set of stars, Frufru began to wrote, thought her version of Haldir was ever so slightly more *ahem* so yes I had to change various part of it to match with Laingalad's character, otherwise I don't think it would have made any sense. If anyone is interested, she made him the vision of a god in Laingalad's POV, which at present moment she don't. So I think she was kinda lost in her own world when she wrote that, *ahem* not to mention her dreams.~ Candy
A/n PiXiE here, answering reviews as per usual
Elvenprincess19: Hehe I think she may have warmed up to him now ;)
nap-003: Ask no questions and you will be told no lies
Dakota: The end of this chapter was the result of Fran's fantasies!
dizzy izzy: About that reference to chapter 2, I take it you are a Rumil fan? Okay, here's the deal, Rumil is Haldir's brother, siblings usually know more niggling details about their siblings and usually over exaggerate them. I know I always feel that my brother talking incessantly, but he does, about football (or soccer depending where you're from), which I really don't care about…
Haldir's heart and soul: Well I always thought Haldir was a drama queen *ducks bottles*
chibi: No we hadn't abandoned the story, and 'A work in Progress' is actually the title of the story, not just us not bothering to give it a title, it's well a metaphor for the actual story I suppose… I personally love Cerina, probably cos she's really fun to write, especially as Cerina is one of Candyflosses nicknames and she resents me for giving that elf her name, especially such an immoral elf!
ashley: Thank you, hehe! Mo you're the 'other author' *laughs* or i could be the other author *pouts in confusion* We're refreshing? I like that, hehe yes I definitely like being refreshing *runs of to tell her Colgate bottle*
~*IMPORTANT NOTICE*~
Okay, I don't know if any of you actually read our bio but, a few weeks ago Candy and myself had a rather large fight, a lot of things were said etc. and one of them on my part was that I would no longer continue to write stories. I am a self-confessed stubborn person and until I dunno some time this week I realised I had to continue writing.
So here's the thing, I am talking to Mo etc. now but I am only about a page into chapter 14, so basically you won't be getting the next chapter next Sunday as it should have been scheduled, I could have written it over the weekend and given it to Mo to type up on Monday but unfortunately I won't be seeing her until 27th Feb, so you're gonna have to wait a while….Sorry, I suppose the only thing I can say to console you is that at least it's continuing….
Also, chapter 14 will also be well not very well written (I'm digging myself deeper am I not?) as I tend to not write as well when I'm stressed or annoyed- I'm not joking I wrote a chapter of one of my own stories during the dispute and it came out rather depressing and strayed off course of what I actually meant to write.
Au revoir!
PiXiE