Can You Thaw This Heart Of Mine?
Chapter 2 Tauriel awoke to the sound of knocking on her door and opened it drowsily,and then again, when she saw who stood there,she stood straight up,eliminating any signs of restlessness or fatigue.
"Ernil-nin!" she exclaimed as the ellon looked down on her with his piercing,blue eyes.
"You really should be less careless..." he said with a soft groan and handed out the necklace he found last night. "I believe this is yours."
As the precious gem glimmered in the sun light,Tauriel quickly snatched the dangling jewelry from his hand, drawing a look of confusion on Legolas' face. She kissed it profusely,and again...she thanked him.
"Ernil nin..." she said softly,her eyes filled with tears, "thank you...thank you."
Legolas did not know how to respond when the elleth disappeared from view. A moment later, she came back with his robe and just like her, he slowly reached out for it...but she didn't seem to mind.
"Thank you..." she said with a broad smile and finally closed the doors.
Legolas just turned back and pretended that nothing happened but whenever he remembers the way she smiled at him,the prince couldn't help but smile as well. "Nobody has smiled like that to me in years..." Later,Tauriel decided to go into the training halls and spend some time enhancing her fighting skills. She got her knives out and proceeded when she stopped abruptly upon laying eyes on the place.
"You've got to be kidding me..." she thought as she saw Legolas training in the same room. What was worse was that he was the only one there. Nobody else. Just him.
From the way he trained, he seemed to be pouring it all in-the way he'd hit the targets with his bow and the way he fought with his knives...Tauriel failed to notice that she was staring at him dreamily.
"Captain?" he asked incredulously.
In that moment,she freed herself from her trance and suddenly disturbed a stand for supporting spears; toppling it all down. There was a loud and shrill noise in the room. Tauriel winced,but Legolas just looked at her with his brows furrowed. Careless...
"Ernil-nin," she said quietly, "I didn't mean to disrupt you..."
"Guess what?" he said,looking at the spears on the floor,toppling on top of another, "You just did."
Tauriel bit in her lip in embarrassment. "I'm so sorry."
In response, Legolas went to the stand,bent down and started arranging the weapons again. The elleth's instinct told her that she had to help. So she followed his lead and pretty soon,all of them were back in place.
Legolas eyed her intently. "These are my father's...and as his son,I treat it with respect," he said, "I expect more from a captain."
Tauriel nodded,got her knives and proceeded back to the exit when his voice rang through the air again. "Captain," he said, "you use knives as well?"
"I do,ernil-nin." she answered,giving him a faint smile.
"Well," he said, "since you are here,I might as well see how good you are with the blade." In an instant,he got his knives out and their duel began. Both were fast and both were incredibly skilled. Though Legolas wouldn't admit it, Tauriel was one of the hardest enemies he had fought...and that goes the same for the elleth.
But then, Tauriel swerved too late and Legolas' blade scratched her near the wrist. Instantly,she let go of her weapons and crouched down. Blood was flowing fast.
She looked up and saw Legolas staring down at her with an expression she never saw on him before. "Are you alright?" he asked,kneeling beside her.
She stayed quiet for a few moments,then suddenly tackled the prince with brute force,pinning him painfully on the ground. He was startled,yes-and he noticed that her blood dripped onto his skin.
"I won..." she said,breathlessly, and stood up. Legolas soon followed and looked at her with an expression of contentment. "I guess...you are fit to be the captain of my father's soldiers," said the prince, "you do not give up in the face of danger."
"I'll never let evil become stronger than us." she smiled and wrapped her wound with a cloth she tore from her garments. Legolas seemed impressed.
"Good job captain." he said and Tauriel eyed him.
"Just call me Tauriel, ernil-nin."
Chapter 2 Tauriel awoke to the sound of knocking on her door and opened it drowsily,and then again, when she saw who stood there,she stood straight up,eliminating any signs of restlessness or fatigue.
"Ernil-nin!" she exclaimed as the ellon looked down on her with his piercing,blue eyes.
"You really should be less careless..." he said with a soft groan and handed out the necklace he found last night. "I believe this is yours."
As the precious gem glimmered in the sun light,Tauriel quickly snatched the dangling jewelry from his hand, drawing a look of confusion on Legolas' face. She kissed it profusely,and again...she thanked him.
"Ernil nin..." she said softly,her eyes filled with tears, "thank you...thank you."
Legolas did not know how to respond when the elleth disappeared from view. A moment later, she came back with his robe and just like her, he slowly reached out for it...but she didn't seem to mind.
"Thank you..." she said with a broad smile and finally closed the doors.
Legolas just turned back and pretended that nothing happened but whenever he remembers the way she smiled at him,the prince couldn't help but smile as well. "Nobody has smiled like that to me in years..." Later,Tauriel decided to go into the training halls and spend some time enhancing her fighting skills. She got her knives out and proceeded when she stopped abruptly upon laying eyes on the place.
"You've got to be kidding me..." she thought as she saw Legolas training in the same room. What was worse was that he was the only one there. Nobody else. Just him.
From the way he trained, he seemed to be pouring it all in-the way he'd hit the targets with his bow and the way he fought with his knives...Tauriel failed to notice that she was staring at him dreamily.
"Captain?" he asked incredulously.
In that moment,she freed herself from her trance and suddenly disturbed a stand for supporting spears; toppling it all down. There was a loud and shrill noise in the room. Tauriel winced,but Legolas just looked at her with his brows furrowed. Careless...
"Ernil-nin," she said quietly, "I didn't mean to disrupt you..."
"Guess what?" he said,looking at the spears on the floor,toppling on top of another, "You just did."
Tauriel bit in her lip in embarrassment. "I'm so sorry."
In response, Legolas went to the stand,bent down and started arranging the weapons again. The elleth's instinct told her that she had to help. So she followed his lead and pretty soon,all of them were back in place.
Legolas eyed her intently. "These are my father's...and as his son,I treat it with respect," he said, "I expect more from a captain."
Tauriel nodded,got her knives and proceeded back to the exit when his voice rang through the air again. "Captain," he said, "you use knives as well?"
"I do,ernil-nin." she answered,giving him a faint smile.
"Well," he said, "since you are here,I might as well see how good you are with the blade." In an instant,he got his knives out and their duel began. Both were fast and both were incredibly skilled. Though Legolas wouldn't admit it, Tauriel was one of the hardest enemies he had fought...and that goes the same for the elleth.
But then, Tauriel swerved too late and Legolas' blade scratched her near the wrist. Instantly,she let go of her weapons and crouched down. Blood was flowing fast.
She looked up and saw Legolas staring down at her with an expression she never saw on him before. "Are you alright?" he asked,kneeling beside her.
She stayed quiet for a few moments,then suddenly tackled the prince with brute force,pinning him painfully on the ground. He was startled,yes-and he noticed that her blood dripped onto his skin.
"I won..." she said,breathlessly, and stood up. Legolas soon followed and looked at her with an expression of contentment. "I guess...you are fit to be the captain of my father's soldiers," said the prince, "you do not give up in the face of danger."
"I'll never let evil become stronger than us." she smiled and wrapped her wound with a cloth she tore from her garments. Legolas seemed impressed.
"Good job captain." he said and Tauriel eyed him.
"Just call me Tauriel, ernil-nin."