Fan Fiction ❯ All is Fair in Love and War ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

Hi everyone! Thanks for all the reviews you gave me, it really inspired me to write! This chapter is for all of you!

Oh, on my other stories, I seem to be off and on in writing them. Sometimes I get really inspired to write, then it disappears all of a sudden! It's soo annoying!

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Some notes on this story:

1. Technically, this is the second story in a series.

2. Elrond and Legolas are together, but Thranduil doesn't approve.

4. Ithilas is Legolas's nickname for Elrond

Pairings: Elrond/Legolas, Glorfindel/Erestor

Warnings: Rape, Angst, and NC-17 scenes

References to the Silmarillion, reader beware of spoilers!

Folly Beyond Starlight

All is Fair in Love and War

Last Chapter:

Erestor turned and was about to walk away from them when Ralphien finally spoke up.

"You still haven't answered my question."

Glorfindel suspiciously glared at him. "And what would that question be?"

Ralph couldn't help but smirk. "I asked permission to court him."

Glorfindel's mouth dropped in astonishment. "You what?!"

Ralphien smirked. "What is the matter Glorfindel? You're not even interested in him."

Glorfindel's mouth opened and closed wordlessly.

Erestor watched this with a straight face, but he was smiling on the inside. Glorfindel needn't have defended me. I was going to say no anyway. Erestor mentally sighed. I have no interest in taking a lover. Not now, not ever. I have suffered too much to be able to handle it.

Glorfindel then did something that greatly surprised both Erestor and Ralphien. He grabbed Ralph by the front of his tunic and pulled him forward, so they were face to face.

"Erestor is mine," he hissed.

Now for Chapter 2:

Glorfindel threw Ralph to the ground and stormed off.

Erestor glanced down at the fallen elf. "I believe this tour is over for now," he said as he took a deep breath. "I need to be alone."

With that said, Erestor fled from the scene.

Glorfindel literally stomped inside of the Hall of Fire, throwing himself into a chair. There were less elves in the room, but those that were in the hall were startled to see him like this. He almost never lost his temper and was usually in a good mood.

Elladan glanced at Elrohir, who was staring at Glorfindel.

The two twins stood and made their way over to him, sitting on either side of the angry elf.

"What's up 'Fin?" Elladan asked. He was, after all, the more informal of the two.

"Erestor," Glorfindel murmured.

"Did he get angry at you when you pulled off one of your pranks on him?" Elrohir asked Glorfindel.

Glorfindel sighed and shook his head. "Some idiot from Mirkwood wants to court him."

"Ah hah!" Lindir, chief minstrel of Elrond's house, exclaimed as he advanced on the three. "So that's why you're in such a bad mood. You have some competition."

"Competition?" Elladan murmured to himself, confused.

Suddenly it hit him. He jumped up and pointed at Glorfindel in astonishment. "You mean to tell me that you li..."

He was cut off by Elrohir, who had quickly jumped up and covered his mouth to prevent him from speaking.

"Thanks Elrohir," Glorfindel told the twin, relieved that he had stopped his brother.

"You're welcome," Elrohir replied. "Now what are you going to do about Erestor?"

"You could always get him a present," Elladan suggested.

"And what would I get him?" Glorfindel asked the three of them.

"I have the perfect idea for a gift!" Lindir smiled and grabbed Glorfindel by the wrist, hauling him to his feet.

Lindir dragged Glorfindel from the Hall, Elrohir and Elladan following silently.

Erestor hurriedly walked through the gardens, wanting to get away as fast as possible. He slowed down when he saw Legolas and Arwen kneeling in the dirt, picking flowers.

Legolas looked up from his work, "Did you finish giving Ralphien his tour?" he asked, moving so he was sitting on the stone bench behind him.

"No," Erestor curtly replied, sitting down on the other side of the bench.

"Why not?" Arwen asked, also sitting upon the bench. "You've been gone for awhile. You even missed lunch."

Erestor mumbled something and looked away, clearly embarrassed.

Legolas and Arwen exchanged worried glances. Erestor never acted like this, so something important must have happened.

Legolas turned back to Erestor. "What did you say?" he politely asked Elrond's chief advisor.

Erestor was suddenly uncomfortable. "Ralphien tried to kiss me."

Legolas and Arwen stared at him in astonishment.

"And you didn't let him?" Arwen asked.

"Glorfindel showed up and stopped him before I could," Erestor told them.

"Glorfindel?!" Arwen looked surprised.

"What did he do?" Legolas asked.

"He defended me," Erestor murmured.

"He defended you," Legolas repeated.

Erestor nodded. "He said I was his." He shuddered slightly, though he tried to hide it.

Legolas and Arwen smiled. "About time," They both said simultaneously.

Erestor looked at them in surprise. "What?"

Arwen laughed. "My dear Erestor, you hide in the shadows all of the time, noticing everything around you," she began.

"Yet you cannot see what's in front of your face," Legolas finished. "Glorfindel likes you a lot more than he should."

"Just how long has this been going on?" Erestor asked, trying to slip his mask of ice back on.

Legolas looked to Arwen for an answer. "A thousand years or more he has been smitten with you," she sighed. "At least, that is as long as I could tell."

"Do you like him?" Legolas asked, wanting to hear an answer before Erestor went distant on them.

Erestor sighed. "I don't know."

I don't want to be hurt again...

Glorfindel was currently sitting on Lindir's bed with Elladan and Elrohir. The three of them had been watching Lindir rummage around his room for an hour.

"When are you going to find what you are looking for? We've been waiting here for so long that we missed lunch!" Elladan complained.

Lindir turned toward them, pausing in their search. "You don't have to stay, you know."

"He's right," Glorfindel agreed, "We're wasting your time."

"This is no waste," Elrohir quietly said. "I want to see what will happen."

"But nothing's going to happen while we're in Lindir's room," Elladan pointed out.

Elrohir gave his twin a pleading look. "Will you please stay? For me?" he asked.

Elladan sighed and made himself comfortable on the bed. For some odd reason, he could never deny his twin anything.

Luckily, he didn't have to wait very long. "I've found it!" he yelled.

Lindir jumped to his feet, his long silver-white hair flying in all directions. Turning around, he met a pair of two curious gray eyes, and an equally curious pair of blue.

"Here," he said, pushing a small item into his hand.

As Glorfindel opened his hand to look at the object that was within it, Elladan and Elrohir gathered around him, their long brown hair clouding around them.

"What is it?" Elladan impatiently asked.

"It's gorgeous," Glorfindel murmured, gazing at it.

It was a medium sized pendant set on a thin silver chain. The pendant was an onyx rose, its petals just beginning to bloom. Threads of ruby ran through the onyx, reflecting the light shining on the pendant.

Lindir smiled. "Turn it over."

Glorfindel did so, and found that there was a small plate of silver set into the back, inscribed th elvish.

Elrohir peered around Glorfindel's shoulder's and began to read.

"A Rose,

Beautiful and Delicate,

Just waiting to be unveiled.

Protected by a mask of thorns,

Oh, how I want to see your beauty!

To caress your silky petals,

To hold you close,

To protect you from all danger.

If I could just know you,

Comfort you,

Love you.

A Rose,

The flower of love,

and a symbol of my love for you."

Lindir smiled. "Isn't it nice."

Glorfindel nodded, his eyes wide. "What made you think of this?"

"Erestor once told me his favorite flower was a rose." Lindir's smile widened. "Give it to him."

Glorfindel's jaw dropped.

"This must have been hard to get," Elrohir murmured.

"You cannot simply give this away," Glorfindel tried to give it back to Lindir.

"Surely you don't know what you're doing," Elladan told him, backing up Glorfindel.

Lindir shook his head. "I have no use for it. Give it to him." He pulled Glorfindel up and began to push the Balrog Slayer out of the room. "You better come back soon. I want to know what happens."

"So do we!" The twins called out to him as he left.

"What were you two doing, picking flowers?" Erestor asked, trying to change the subject.

"We were picking flowers for Ada," Arwen replied.

"I wanted to give him this and thought that some flowers would go nice with it." Legolas handed Erestor a necklace. "It goes with the butterfly clip I gave him awhile ago."

The necklace was a silver butterfly, with rubies embedded in it's wings.

"May I see your bouquet?" Erestor asked.

Legolas nodded and handed him a bundle of red flowers.

As Arwen and Legolas crowed around Erestor to see what he was going to do, Glorfindel approached them. Noticing that Erestor was with some company, he hid in the bushes to watch what they were doing.

Erestor bundled the flowers together and unclasped the necklace so the chain was hanging loose.

He carefully place the pendant in the middle of the stems. "Watch closely," he instructed.

Erestor began to thread the chain through the stems in an complex pattern. When the chain ran out, he managed to re-clasp he chain together.

Lifting the bouquet, he handed it to Legolas. The butterfly was now dangling in the middle of the stem, securely holding the flowers together.

"Where did you learn to do that?" Legolas asked him, taking the flowers.

"I taught myself a long time ago," Erestor answered.

Arwen inspected the bouquet, "You know....you could tie a ribbon around the necklace to conceal it. Then it could be a surprise when Ada unwraps it."

Legolas jumped up, bringing Arwen with him. "Then let's go and find a red ribbon!"

They were halfway out of sight when Legolas stopped. Turning back to Erestor he shouted, "Thanks!"

Glorfindel also left the garden; it was time to find some flowers.

Erestor wearily made his way back to his room. I seriously need to get some rest before dinner. My head has to be clear when I finish my work after dinner.

Erestor sighed and stepped into his room, closing the door behind him. He removed his outer robes and shoes, hanging the robes on the hooks near the door.

He threw himself on the bed, curling up to get comfortable. He was already drifting of to sleep when there was a knock on his door.

With a small groan, he got up and opened the door, wondering who it was. He paused in shock when he saw who it was.

It was Ralphien.

Ralph let his eyes slide up and down Erestor's body. He could feel his pulse quickening, Erestor's under robes hung against his body, revealing the best body Ralph had ever seen.

Ralphien was glad he was wearing a long tunic for once, since it would be quite embarrassing for Erestor to see the large erection that he had just by looking at the other elf.

"Is there something you want?" Erestor asked, a little uncomfortable under Ralph's unrelenting stare.

"Yes." Ralph stepped closer to Erestor, one hand coming up to caress Erestor's cheek.

Erestor flinched, but Ralphien didn't seem to notice. He moved even closer, pressing his body against Erestor's.

Erestor's eyes widened as he felt Ralph's erection press against his hip. "What do you want?" he shakily asked.

Please let him leave soon. I don't want this. Erestor tried to take a step back, but Ralphien wrapped a restraining arm around Erestor's waist.

"I only want what you owe me," Ralph murmured in one delicately pointed ear.

Erestor tried to push him away. "I don't owe you anything. Please leave."

Ralph only pushed their bodies closer together.

Erestor let out a gasp of shock. I don't want this!

Ralph misinterpreted the gasp and continued to press forward against Erestor's body.

"You owe me a kiss," Ralphien whispered as he claimed Erestor's lips.

Erestor was so shocked when Ralph slipped his tongue inside of his mouth that he didn't hear a small click at the back of his head.

Ralph finally parted from him. "I'll see you at dinner."

A triumphant smile was on his face as Ralph left.

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colleen - Here's your update!

crazy-haldir-fancier - Here's your update! I love Glorfindel/Erestor fics, but there are like none out there! But I'm sooo glad you chose mine to read, especially since you seem to like Haldir a lot. ^_^

Eliea - There's going to be a LOT of angust later, but a little more jealous Glorfy first! Here's your new chapter, I finished it as soon as I got your review. It really motivated me!

Ivorybrowneyes - I love a possessive Glorfy too! He's so cool when he's like that. Don't worry, Ralph isn't going to hurt Erestor…at least I think he isn't. I never know exactly what's going to happen next. ^_^;

lily - It's starting to develop, you should see what going to happen next!

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