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With the Fellowship	By : Sighs4l Category: Lord of the Rings Movies > Het - Male/Female Views: 1846 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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1. Rivendell

Amdirion
sat at his desk, his head resting in his hands.
He�d just been notified that the representatives from Mirkwood would be
arriving shortly. He would leave this
room soon to go greet them and his heart was heavy. Though pleased to see Legolas again, he
dreaded giving him his sad news; he feared the effect that this news would have
on his prince and friend.
The
eagle Gwaihir had brought Gandalf the Grey and the Countess from the black tower
of Orthanc. Amdirion had
recognized the horribly damaged woman Gandalf brought with him from Orthanc as the Countess; she still wore Legolas�s
ring. Lord Elrond had been caring for a
hobbit that his daughter had brought to Rivendell so Amdirion had been given the responsibility of caring for
the Countess.
He�d
had her washed, dressed in a plain white shift and placed into a bed. He watched over her as her many wounds and
burns healed until her injuries were gone.
But he could do nothing else for her, nothing but watch her fade
away. She looked as though she only
slept but she had breathed her last the night before. He had chosen not to tell Lord Elrond of her
passing. He would let Legolas say
goodbye to her first. He sighed
heavily. It was time to go. Time to tell Legolas.

Legolas
politely smiled, he hoped at the proper places, at the conversation going on
around him. He and Silinde had been met
by an elves sent by Lord Elrond to escort them on the last part of their
journey from Mirkwood into Rivendell.
Legolas
had not been surprised to be visited by King Thranduil
out in the woods; his father would often come out into the forest to visit him
since Legolas had left the palace years before.
It had been a surprise to learn that it was not just a social visit.
Thranduil had first asked his pro forma question of
Legolas. �I will begin by again asking
you to come back with me to your home.�
�Father,
I will return when she is with me.�
�Yes,
I heard you the first time you said that.
And the second.
And the twentieth�� Thranduil
heard his voice rising and stopped himself.
Now wasn�t the time to argue about this.
Especially now.
Thranduil
told Legolas that Lord Elrond of Rivendell had called
a council and Thranduil was appointing him as his envoy to go to Rivendell. His
father had been insistent that Legolas go, as insistent as he�d always been
before that Legolas not leave Mirkwood.
Legolas
did not want to leave Mirkwood. He held
to his faith that Orenin would come back to him; he had to be there when she returned. However, he argued with his father for only a
short time before he agreed to his King�s request to represent him in Rivendell. He had
taken the clothes and the velvet cloak Thranduil had brought him befitting his
rank and mission and he left Mirkwood for the first
time in his life. But his mind was not
on his mission.
They
were close to Rivendell when Legolas felt the warmth
of her presence come back to his heart.
�She is there� he thought. He
laughed out loud in his joy and urged his horse on, from a walk to a trot but
still not fast enough for him. Ignoring
his companions� calls, he had his horse galloping before long, so fast that the
others were hard pressed to keep up with him.
He rode through Rivendell�s gate, dismounted
and looked around the courtyard. He was
certain that he would see her standing there but, instead, he saw Amdirion and
ran over to him. �Amdirion, my friend.
Where is she? Where is
Orenin? I know she is here. I can feel her presence.�
Amdirion
looked at him with a frown, and said �Yes, she is here. This way.� He led Legolas into the building, down a
passage. How to tell him? �Legolas, Gandalf the Grey brought her from
Orthanc. She�I don�t know what happened
to her there but�she never woke.� He
looked over at Legolas; there was no reaction.
In fact, Legolas hadn�t seemed to hear him at all. �Legolas, are you listening to what I am
saying?�
Legolas
only asked, �Where is she? Is it
far?� His only thought was to see her,
to hold her; the long, lonely years were finally ended.
Amdirion
stopped outside a door; he put a hand on Legolas�s arm and looked at him, pity
in his eyes. �Legolas, she died last
night. There was nothing to be done. I have not told Lord Elrond yet because I
wanted to tell you first, to let you see her before...� He unlocked and opened the door and they went
in. Amdirion went over to the bed and
looked down at the still figure.
Legolas
walked over to join Amdirion at the side of the bed. He gazed at her. At last, she had come back to him.
�I
had hoped she would live until you arrived,� Amdirion
said softly. �I am so sorry, my friend.�
Legolas
looked at Amdirion with a puzzled look on his face and then smiled down at the
woman in the bed. �She is not dead Amdirion. Leave us.�
Amdirion�s heart sank and he felt fear for the sanity of
his prince and friend. �Legolas��
Legolas
took his arm and walked him to the door and smiled at him. �She is not dead, Amdirion,� he
repeated. He opened the door, gently
pushed the healer through and closed it behind him. He removed his cloak, the leather belt, his
bracers and his outer tunic; he then took up one of his knives and walked over
to the bed, climbed onto it and moved up next to his lady. Setting the knife down, he took her into his
arms, pulled her close and whispered to her.
�Orenin.
They have answered my prayers.
You are returned to me.� She was
so cold and still; were it not for the feeling in his heart, he too could think
she was dead.
Laying
her back down on the bed, he studied her while he thought about how to
accomplish what he contemplated. He
opened her mouth and picked up his knife; positioning his wrist over her mouth,
he cut into his wrist and allowed his blood to drip into her mouth. He watched her carefully but there was
nothing, no reaction. Legolas whispered
�Please, Blessed Valar. Please.�
He
heard a dry click in her throat, then nothing else for a few moments. Another click from her throat, then another,
then suddenly her chest convulsed, she gasped and then she began to
breathe. Her eyes still closed, her head
reached blindly up toward his wrist. He
held his wrist to her mouth and she began sucking at him. After a minute, getting stronger, she raised
her hand and held his wrist to her mouth to suck at him even harder. Legolas smiled and leaned back against the
head of the bed, a feeling of blissful content stealing over him.

Legolas
opened his eyes, looked down and smiled.
Orenin was sleeping, snuggled next to him, her hand on his chest. Then he frowned; his wrist was itching. He lifted his hand and saw that his wrist had
been bandaged. There was a tray
containing a plate of fruit, a pitcher of water and a goblet on the table next
to the bed. He sat up slowly, trying not
to disturb Orenin, poured water from the pitcher into the goblet and drank it
down; his thirst was severe and he immediately had to pour and drink
another. She stirred and Legolas said �I
am sorry, Orenin. Did I wake you?�
She
snuggled closer and her arm held him tighter. �I thought I was awake but I can�t be. I�m still with Legolas,� she said softly and
settled back into sleep.
He
smiled and kissed the top of her head, then looked up at hearing a knock at the
door. Legolas said �Come in, Amdirion.�
Amdirion
came in and said �Good. You are
awake. The banquet is about to begin,
Lord Elrond is still waiting to greet you, and Silinde and I are running out of
polite evasions. Is she still
sleeping? She is to come down too; Arwen brought clothes for her to wear.�
Legolas
gently disentangled himself from Orenin, got up and stood next to the bed. He watched her sleep. He didn�t want to leave; he was afraid if he
left her, if he even took his eyes from her, she would be taken away again.
Amdirion said �Legolas!
They are waiting.�
Legolas
sighed and walked over to where he had left his things by the door, dressed and
was almost out the door when Amdirion said �Don�t forget this,� picking up
Legolas�s cloak from the floor and handing it to him.
Legolas
took it and then stopped at the door to look back at the sleeping woman. He felt uneasy at leaving her; he did not
want to let her out of his sight.
Amdirion
said �Go Legolas. I�ll bring her down
soon.�
Legolas
reluctantly left then to go down to the banquet hall.
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