Chapter 11: Safe & Sound
***Sibella's P.O.V***
I stood on the stairs in front of a man. I was in a white wedding dress, my father to the side of us, with a glass of wine on a table in front of him. I looked anxious as I took a sip of wine, then I saw a bloody battle. The flag of Aragorn rose high above his army and King Thranduil's kin waiting to attack a fortress. I was running with Legolas out from the fortress, we stopped when we reached the line of elves. I saw an arrow head towards Legolas and I when I heard "Sibella, Sibella wake up. Please wake up" I woke up to Legolas shaking me. Without knowing I started to cry. Legolas put his arms around me and said "It's okay you're safe now." I feeling in my stomach was one of pain and sickness. I could see my tears slip down the fabric of his shirt. I pulled from his embrace, but his hands were still on my shoulders. The tears in my eyes ceased, Legolas looked at me in a beautiful way. He told me "Its okay now." His effort to comfort me was admirable but useless. I knew what it was, my future.
I knew the man who stood next to me though I did not his name. He was the man trying to find me; he was the man who was trying to overthrow Aragorn. I had no idea why we were having a wedding. He knew I was the key to overthrowing The King, but why marry me? I looked in to Legolas' deep blue eyes and said softly "I'm sorry if I disturbed you." He smiled and said "Its fine Sibella." He brushed a piece of my hair from my face and said, "You should sleep now." I shook my head, as he got up he kissed my head. He glanced back before he left my chamber. I laid my head on my pillow and closed my eyes. My sleep wasn't interrupted until the morning when one of the guards rushed into my room. "Astrid… Astrid you must hurry, its Legolas he was shot."
***Legolas' P.O.V*** (a few hours before)
I went on patrol in the forest. I wanted to see if the incident with the guard was actually an accident. I wanted to be certain that the men looking for Sibella had not found her. It was a few hours until we found fresh tracks heading north. We followed them for sometime until suddenly, one of the twelve guards I was travelling with, was shot by an arrow. We looked around to find where the arrow had come from then another one came, it missed and hit the tree. We ran towards the bowmen that ambushed us. One guard shot one of the attackers that lurked in the trees. I pulled back my bow and I was shot in the arm. One guard picked me up and said "Ill get Legolas and Talagan back, you nine chase after them." After sometime I could feel poison in veins, my blood felt like fire running through my veins.
It took getting shot in the arm to realize that it was no longer safe for Sibella. As much as I wished for Sibella to continue dwelling in Ithilien, I knew that she must go back to Rivendell with her father. I saw the gates of the city and finally in to the fortress, they put us in empty chambers and ran to get Sibella. I didn't realize how painful it would be to say goodbye to her until she ran into the room to tend to my wound. She quickly gave me herbs for my wound that made me fall asleep but I still remember waking up at times and Sibella was always there. I remember once waking up to her singing; I don't think I'll ever forget it.
*"I remember tears streaming down your face
When I said, "I'll never let you go"
When all those shadows almost killed your light
I remember you said, "Don't leave me here alone"
But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound
Don't you dare look out your window, darling,
Everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold on to this lullaby
Even when music's gone
Gone
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound" *
I finally woke up from my herb-induced sleep, only to realize that being shot in the arm was going to be the easy part of what was about to unfold. As soon as I could I sent word of the attacks to Elrond. Next I was going to have to tell Sibella that she has to leave. I walked to her chamber to find her in the hallway looking out in to the forest. I couldn't bring myself to do it. She looked at me with those furious grey eyes and I forgot that she was in terrible danger. Her smile even erased the strong pain in my arm. Saying good-bye was going to me more painful than being shot in the arm a thousand times.
*Safe and Sound Taylor Swift & The Civil Wars