Fan Fiction ❯ Elves Make For Strange Bedfellows ❯ Something Wicked This Way Comes ( Chapter 19 )

Chapter: 19 - Something Wicked This Way Comes

A/N: Yet another lemony chapter!

"My Lord…"Epoloven came upon the King. He had been pacing the floor anxiously, no doubt as result of having just dealt with his obnoxious wife; Epoloven deduced.

"Epoloven," Oberon sighed, "I do not understand those two…have they not even an inkling of sense between them?"

"My King, it pains me to see your grief," Epoloven tried to hide the smirk on his face, "For I know the consequences of their abomination," he continued.

"I am glad that someone does!" the King looked to the doorway after his wife.

"We have done all that was within our power to restore the bloodline as it was back in the days of Kortinuria. Were it not for the wicked desires of others… oh listen to me, your highness, surely you already know of which I speak," Epoloven shook his head.

"Surely I do," the King agreed.

"But if it pleases you, Sire, I must point out that blame does rest solely with your daughters," the wheels in Epoloven's head were turning now, at about two-thousand rotations per minute.

"Epoloven?" the King Oberon looked at him curiously.

"It's those elves! Though outwardly they radiate love and compassion, they are cunning and devious. Lest we forget who forged the rings of power. It was their covetousness and greed that brought about such action. The same covetousness that drove the March Warden to take your daughter's innocence."

"And the same elven blood flows through the veins of the Prince of Mirkwood. Surely he will take what he wants as well. And what he wants, my Lord is Kimber," he continued.

The king let out a hefty sigh.

"And were it not for our arrival, make no mistake that she would be in the `family way' as well," Epoloven insisted. He was on a roll now and the king was a listening audience. "Elves are arrogant. Did you see the way in which Haldir informed you that he intended to stay married to your daughter with or without your blessing?" Epoloven questioned him before realizing that he was not supposed to know about that, with Reitnor as an ally he missed nothing-where he could not be, there was his faithful servant eager to please him. No matter though; the king's anger was growing with each word his advisor offered, so he continued to twist the knife.

"It was that same arrogance that you saw today in the Prince of Mirkwood, asking for your daughters' hand, not even knowing who you were, the nerve of him." Epoloven offered slyly.

"That is no longer a concern of mine. I have given the order for that relationship to cease," the King replied triumphantly.

"With all do respect, my Lord, she will fall under his prowess! Why it was only moments ago that I saw him slinking around her quarters, no doubt hoping to catch a glimpse of your fair daughter," Epoloven taunted the King.

"I have forbidden such actions, Epoloven," he insisted.

"Yes but Kimber is easily influenced by others, especially that Felicity. Surely were it not for her we would not be here in Caras Galhadon. It is just a matter of time before she convinces Kimber to do as she has done," he warned, "Haldir will see it done. He is the March Warden of the Golden Wood and is but a step away, himself, from the throne, you see the high regard in which the Lord and Lady hold him. I tell you he is hungry for more power, my Lord, he will take the throne and to ensure such action see to it that you other daughter is bound to an elf; that Legolas of Mirkwood."
King Oberon's brow dipped in a surly manner.

"And she will succumb to his advances, be seduced by elven promises, and yes, she too will be parting her legs in no time as well, begging for a drop of his elixir," he spoke licitly to the King now. "And then what? Surely they will wed. And then will not an elf be sitting upon the throne of Ediwione," Epoloven could see the King's anger with each word uttered.

"Never will I allow such an atrocity!" King Oberon clamored.

"My Lord, I fear of we do not take drastic measures, surely this will come to pass! Your kingdom will bow to the likes of Haldir, or Legolas," Epoloven persisted. He was enjoying this now, clearly the King was agitated and with that `wench' of a wife of his gone he met no resistance as he continued.

"But perhaps there is a way to thwart their scheme," he rung his hands together. Had the King not had his judgment clouded by such innuendoes he would have realized that it was, in fact, Epoloven who was scheming now. "An arranged marriage could be the answer," Epoloven offered.

"I don't know," the King thought for a moment, certainly Titania would have a thing or two to say about that.

"Surely you know what it best for your daughters, your Highness, do you not?" he mocked the King in an unobvious tone.

"I do," the King tapped his chin now.

"Please, do not feel as though you have to bear this burden alone, I will help you. Together we will think of someone of noble stature in our kingdom that is trustworthy, loyal…everything you want for your daughter," he smirked.

"Yes, perhaps, my loyal friend, though I will think on it, for a decision like this should not be in haste," he conceded.

"Very well, my Lord," Epoloven huffed, slightly annoyed that the King did not agree with him right away, "Then I will take my leave from you this evening and tomorrow we shall resume our discussion." He bowed.


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After his altercation with Epoloven, Legolas returned to where he and the fellowship would be staying during their visit to Caras Galhadon.

"Well? What happened? Did you see her? Is she okay?" Pippin rambled as he and Merry, along with Gimli ran up to him and eagerly waited for his reply.

"Going by the look on his face halflings, I do not think that everything went well as expected," Gimli sadly sighed.

Legolas shook his head in despair; "I did not see her for I was intercepted by that revolting Royal Advisor, Epoloven," his voice twisted as he clenched his fists together.

"Why don't you just take Kimber and leave?" Pippin suggested excitedly.

"Yeah! No one would know until tomorrow and you could be long gone by then!" Merry agreed.
Legolas let out a heartfelt sigh, "Though I would love to do so, I cannot."

"Why?" Pippin insisted..

"Let us say that my plate is rather full right now; do not forget that I have given my allegiance to the fellowship. It would not be fair for me to run off without fulfilling my promise." Legolas replied unenthusiastically.

"I am sure that Frodo would understand." Merry offered.

"Yes Merry, I am sure he would, but that is not how we elves handle such things." Legolas gave him a small smile, "I must keep to my word and until the fellowship's quest is completed, I shall remain at Frodo's side."

"But you may never see her again!" Pippin cried out, not liking how the situation was turning out.

"I know that Pippin, and believe me when I say that the hurt shall remain with me until the end of my days but I do not intend to just give up. I will return after this war and I will never stop looking for her."

"Spoken like a true elf in love," Gimli patted his friend on the back, "And I promise you on this day that I will also help you find your love once the ring and Sauron are both destroyed!"

"Thank you Gimli," Legolas replied gratefully to his faithful comrade, "Now if you would excuse me, I need to be myself for a while," offering them a look of remorse before walking away.

He wandered about aimlessly in the lush garden of the Golden Wood in hopes that the splendor of all that was around him would lift his spirits some, but to his dismay it did not.

Taking a seat on a nearby bench, his mind once again drifted back to Kimber. He rested his face in his hands and blamed himself for letting it go this far. If he had not given into his desires that first night when he had kissed her, none of this would have come to pass! In fact, the past few days he had started to think about what was going to happen once he and the fellowship left Lothlorien? He knew that it was impossible to even think that she come with them for the quest was far too perilous and he would not have her be subjected to such dangers.

Over and over he had tried to figure out a way for the two of them to stay together until finally coming to the conclusion that the only way he could was to marry her. She still would not be able to join him on his quest but it would at least give them both the hope that he would return to her and they would live out the rest of their days together.

That was his plan, but unfortunately it did not work out the way he had anticipated. He had not planned on proposing to her under the circumstances that had been brought upon them at the time, but he did not regret that he had done so. Her father's refusal however put an end to his idea. Now what could he do?

"What could have happened to make the Prince of Mirkwood look so unhappy?" came an unfamiliar voice from behind him. Legolas quickly glanced over his shoulder to see two elven maidens standing behind him. They were both quite exquisite as most elf maidens were, but to him there beauty did not hold a candle to Kimber's.

Not wanting to be rude, he offered them a superficial smile, "I thank you for you concern my ladies, but I am just a little weary from my long journey to your great forest."

The two maidens uninvitingly took a seat on either side of him making Legolas groan to himself at their closeness.

"Is there anything at all that we may do for you my lord?" questioned the second maiden as she placed her hand lightly on his shoulder.

"Yes, we are more than willing to do whatever is needed to please you," the first maiden confirmed in a flirtatious tone as her hand now slowly moved upon his thigh.

"I assure you both that I am not in need of your assistant, though again I thank you for your interest in my well being." Legolas tried reassure them in hopes that they would take their leave.

"How could we ever even think of leaving his highness in such a state without at least trying to help," replied the first maiden once more as she now removed her hand from his thigh and brought it up to lightly caress his cheek.

It was then that Legolas realized that it was going to be a little more difficult in getting himself out of this situation. "Ladies, please. I am fine. I just needed a few moments by myself to regroup…" he began.

"Please call us by our names for I am Lessien and this is Uruviel," she smiled at him.

"It is a pleasure to meet the both of you but I am really…" he began once more only to be silenced by Lessien finger being placed upon his lips while Uruviel moved in closer and began to lightly rub the pointed tip of his ear. Closing his eyes for a moment, he felt himself give into the pleasurable attention that was being given to him, though it quickly disappeared as yet he heard another voice calling his name. Quickly he opened his eyes to see Kimber standing only a few feet away from him with a horrified look upon her face.

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Epoloven, satisfied with his manipulation, quickly descended the stairs leading from the Royal chambers, by mid-day tomorrow things would be going as planned. All seemed right in his deviant mind as he chuckled with the notion that soon he would be sitting on the throne calling the shots and that poor excuse for a king would be no more! The thought tickled him to no end.

He had taken care of Kimber-she was emotional, he knew just what to say to get her crying; he let out a sinister laugh. And of course he had taken care of both elves with those tramps; elf maidens were no different than their male counterparts, he deduced quickly. Pleasures of the flesh-it would prove to be the undoing of them all. And then there was Felicity, she was a tougher nut to crack but surely he had worn her down a bit, filling her mind with Haldir's infidelities; and speaking of the fairy, he noticed that her light was still on. Why a little more torment before bedtime could be just what he needed to ensure a good rest, he thought to himself as he made his way back to her room.

He stood in her entryway for a moment trying to wipe the smirk from his face before entering "My fair Felicity," he tried to sound empathetic as he walked over to her. She was standing near the window looking after Frodo. He waved to her as he made his way into the darkness, toward the hobbit's quarters.

"What do you want?" she replied curtly she could tell who it was without looking just by the sound of his wretched voice.

"Why, I saw your light still on and just wanted to see that you were well in your delicate condition," he smiled politely.

"I am fine," she snapped turning to him, "You may leave," the last person she wanted to cast an eye upon was Epoloven, nothing good ever came from his presence.

"Fiesty," he placed a finger on his smooth lips, "It must be all of those hormones racing through your body," he walked over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder and one on her stomach.

"Do not touch me, you filthy bastard," she slapped his hand away, "lest you curse my child with your wickedness!"

"My, my you are a live wire this evening, Ah I see why the Warden finds you so appealing," he grinned, "My wickedness, I like that." He paused. "And speaking of the Warden, where is your dearest verno? Still hasn't come to call has he, though suffice to say I am not surprised. Perhaps he had a busy evening," he added with a smirk.

"Ah," his eyes darkened now, "tis a shame really, for you are no longer of any use to me, certainly I would have been proud to have you as my `verna' is it?"

"As if I would have dirtied myself with the likes of you," she hissed.

"At least I would have been faithful," he twisted the knife a bit more now and grinned as he walked toward the door.

"How dare you insinuate such things!" her eyes pierced him.

"Insinuate?" he turned to meet her glare, "Oh please Felicity, surely you do not think that you are the only one who parts their legs so easily for the March Warden," he tried to stifle a laugh before ducking as she threw the first item she could find at him; which happened to be a vase.

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Kimber had spent most of the evening lying on her bed wishing that she could see Legolas once more. She longed to be held in his arms and to feel his lips upon hers.

A tear slowly trickled down her cheek as she remembered the look that fell upon his face after her father had denied him to marry her. It just was not fair! How could her father do this to her! All her life she had worked hard on making him proud of her and for what? For him to deny the right of what her heart truly desired!

For the first time in her life she despised him for his decision and had decided that from now on she would make her own decisions and live her own life the way she wanted! She stood to her feet and headed for the door. She crept slowly across the adjoining bridge that would take her to the main staircase that led down to the ground below. After successful crossing the bridge without being noticed, she proceeded to make her way down the steps until finally she reached the bottom. Leaning back into the large base of the tree, she slowly surveyed the area around her and as soon as she was sure that no one was around she darted across a small clearing that led to few stone steps heading down near a garden where she noticed a few tents set up with several tables that still had some food left on them.

She snuck around to the entrance of the tent and peeked in to see Merry and Pippin arguing, Samwise preparing their beds for the evening, and Gimli, who lay sound asleep.

"Psst!" she called quietly trying to get their attention.

"Did you hear something?" Sam looked around the tent before noticing Kimber peeking in at them, "Miss Kimber!" he yelled as Merry, Pippin and a very grumpy Gimli all looked to see her standing there.

"Shhh!" Kimber cringed, hoping that no one else had heard him.

Merry and Pippin immediately ran over and pulled her into the tent, "Are you okay?" Merry asked, hugging her tightly.

"I am fine Merry," she softly laughed at him.

"We were so worried about you! We thought we would never see you again!" Pippin began to whimper as he too hugged her now.

"That will never happen, I promise you that!" she said calmly hugging them both back.

"Ah my lady is good to see you once more!" Gimli hopped up and headed over to the threesome.

"And it is good to see you too Master Dwarf," Kimber replied happily as he approached them.

"Hobbits! Let go of the poor little lady so that she may breathe!" Gimli half scolded the two.
Merry and Pippin released their grip and stood back as Sam now approached Kimber giving her a quick hug as he was also happy that she was with them once more.

Kimber quickly glanced about searching for Legolas but to her disappointment he was not there.

Gimli took quick notice to Kimber looking around the tent, "Ah Missy, do not fret for I know the whereabouts of whom you seek," Gimli chuckled, knowing how happy Legolas would be when seeing Kimber again.

Kimber looked to Gimli and smiled, "Nothing can get past you Master Dwarf!"

"That is correct for I have the eyes of a hawk and …" Gimli began.

"And the ears of a fox!" the three hobbits chorused together.

"That will be enough of that halflings!" Gimli tried to look stern, but could not help to smile at their mocking. He looked back to Kimber, "He has gone for a walk down near the Lady Galadreil's gardens."

"Thank you Gimli," she bent down and hugged him.

"Now, now, you best be on your way!" he insisted as he led to her the entrance of the tent. Cautiously, he peered out of the tent to make sure that all was well, "The coast is clear my lady. Now if you head back towards the main staircase you should see a rather large elf statue thingy, bear to your right and you should come across the entry to the Lady's garden. Now go quickly! Make haste before you are caught!"

"Wait!" Merry and Pippin called out before she had a chance to leave, "When will we see you again?"

"You two! Always thinkin' of yourselves! Let Miss Kimber be! She does not have much time!" Sam lectured his two comrades.

Kimber stopped and turned to look at her friends, "I am sorry that I do not have more time to visit with you and I cannot say when I will be able to see you again," she sighed seeing their sad expressions, "But as I said before, I promise that we will see each other yet again!"

She quickly made her way over to the two sad hobbits and embraced them both.

"Be careful Kimber," Merry whimpered as he hugged her.

"I will," She reassured him as she kissed his forehead and then Pippin's.
Kimber left the tent, sprinted across another open clearing and hid behind a large bush as she heard footsteps quickly approaching. Ducking down low, she saw Aragorn and Boromir pass by on their way back to the tents.

Following Gimli directions, she soon came upon the entrance way to the main garden silently creeping about in search of Legolas. She had not been looking long when she heard his voice not to far off in the distant. She smiled as she made her way to him. What a surprise this would be! A tall bush was now the only obstacle blocking him from her view so she decided to call out to him, "Legolas?"

When he did not answer, she thought it to be odd since elves were supposed to have a keen sense of hearing. In fact she had even expected him to have already known that she was there.

Once she had made her way completely around the bush, Kimber stopped dead in her tracks as she now saw two maidens snuggled in close to Legolas and touching him all over as he sat their; his eyes closed and smile on his face.

"No!" she yelled out subconsciously, as she now saw him looking back at her. A feeling of sickness came over her as she began to hear Epoloven words from earlier. Tears filled her eyes as she quickly turned and ran away.

"Kimber!" she heard Legolas yell to her but she didn't stop, in fact she ran faster than she could have ever imagined. Her chest began hurt as her heart started to beat faster and faster until it almost felt as if it would burst.

She had nearly made it to the steps leading out of the garden, when she felt Legolas' strong grip take a hold of her shoulder and pull her back. Fiercely she tried to break free of the hold he now had on her but found herself falling hard to the ground, face first.

"Leave me alone!" she yelled as she kicked at him.

"Stop it! Let me explain…" he gritted out, trying to keep her still.

"Explain what! There is nothing to explain! I know what I saw Legolas! Do not take me as more of a fool than I already am!" she screamed as she fought to get away.

"Kimber please! I beg of you to hear me out," he pleaded. "Please melamin," he spoke softly trying to calm her down.

Kimber began to grow tired. He was much stronger than she was and no matter what she did, he still would not let go of her. He gently rolled her over on her back and straddled her waist with his legs, just to be sure that she did not try to escape again.

He stared down at her with regret, "What you saw is not what you think," he started.

"Please Legolas, do not lie to me," she muttered as tears filled her eyes.

"Shhh, Kimber please do not cry," he reached down and began to wipe away the tears running down her face, "Please melamin believe me. I would not lie to you." He declared to her once more as he then felt his heart begin to break into a million pieces for hurting her.

Kimber gazed back at up at him and noticed the sincerity that he now held in his eyes.

"I came here to be by myself. So much has happened within the past few days that I needed sometime alone to think things through and as I was doing so, those two maidens that you saw had approached me. At first I thought that they were only being courteous and after several attempts of trying to reassure them that I was fine they began…" Legolas stopped, not knowing how to continue, " I guess you do not need me to tell you for you saw it with your own eyes." His expression now became pained.

"Yes I did. Epoloven told me that you would move on to another and that I was just a distraction until you return to your kingdom where you have several ladies in waiting…" Kimber whimpered as each word she spoke began to break her heart more.

"That Bastard!" Legolas angrily mumbled under his breath. He should have taken care of that monstrosity while had had the chance earlier. Looking back down to her, his anger faded as he could see the hurt present in her eyes. "Kimber I would never do such a thing to you. I love you and only you. I want you to be wife. I would not have asked for your hand if I was not sincere, for such an action as that is something that I take very seriously,"

Deep down Kimber knew that he was telling her the truth. She began to feel horrible for the way she had acted towards him. "I am sorry Legolas, I should have known but after seeing you with those maidens all I could hear was what Epoloven had said to me…" she began to cry again.

"Melamin, do not apologize. I understand how it must have felt seeing what you did and I probably would have reacted the same way," he lowered his head and kissed her softly, "Please always remember that once an elf decides who he wants to spend the rest of his life with it can never be undone. They will belong together forever." as he rested his forehead against hers.
"I did not know that. In fact there is a lot of things that I do not know about elves," she admitted feeling a little embarrassed.

"I will tell you anything that you want to know," he grinned before kissing her once more, but with a deeper intensity.

Though not wanting to, Legolas broke away from the kiss as he now someone approaching. Standing up quickly, he held out his hand to Kimber, "Come, let us go somewhere else before you are spotted."

Taking his hand, he swiftly led her through the vast garden to a more secure location.

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Haldir shot up in his bed suddenly. Nearly drenched with sweat, surely he must have been dreaming, though his current state of mind caused his abrupt awakening. Something was wrong; he was overcome with a sense of panic now; not so much fear but uneasiness so much so that it concerned him. He found himself now dressing and leaving his bedchambers, heading to those belonging to Felicity. The sound of breaking glass hastened his footsteps and it disturbed him to see Epoloven closing her door.

"March Warden," Epoloven bowed and attempted to slip past him but with no avail as Haldir grabbed him by the arm.

"What business do you have with Felicity?" he inquired.

Epoloven did not feel as though he should have to reply so he raised a brow at the elf.

"Answer me," Haldir demanded, tightening his grip so much that Epoloven winced.

"Humph, answer you? Perhaps you should answer me…what business do you have taking the kings daughter without permission?" Epoloven challenged, trying to wriggle free.

"That is none of your concern, Epoloven," Haldir peered at him.

"Is it not? As were it not for her pregnancy as the King's royal advisor I would have had the pleasure of ordering the slashing your throat for such an atrocity," he smirked. "Or perhaps the enjoyment of doing it myself."

Haldir having had enough, pushed him up against the wall and held a firm grip on his throat. He thought of snapping his neck, at the very least. But released him as he thought it best to make sure that Felicity was safe.

Epoloven smoothed his dark garments. "It pains me to think of what you took from her," he lifted his chin, "Precious flower that she was; now just a victim of the one weakness that keeps elves inferior to fairies, the ability to keep what is in their leggings, in their leggings," he smirked once again before turning and heading to his chambers.

Felicity did not respond to the knock at her door.

"Felicity?" Haldir opened the door of her bedchambers to see her sitting on her bed with her back to the door. He stepped over the broken shards of glass and quickly made her way over to her.

"Great," she thought to herself quickly wiping tears from her face hoping that he would just go away.

He did not, instead he walked over to where she sat and looked at her feet dangled loosely over the edge of the large bed; her hands were folded in her as she stared past him.

"Felicity?" he knelt down now and looked at her, "Are you okay? What did he do to you?" he inquired anxiously, as he cupped her face. Deducing right them and there that if Epoloven had harmed her in any way, he would kill him.

She sighed heavily "Haldir, I am I no mood right now, please go to bed," she did not even offer him the benefit of eye contact.

"What ?" he looked at her now, she was so beautiful dressed in a white nightgown given to her by Galadriel and though her dark eyes were teary they now delighted him more than ever. He brought his hand up and smoothed her black tresses. "What is the matter, my love, what has he done to you please tell me," he whispered.

"Please, just leave me be," she moved his hand away.

"Melamin?" he spoke softly to her, no greatly concerned, what could've happened, he should have come to her sooner instead of, well never mind, he didn't want to think of that right now.

"Haldir, he has done nothing to me, nothing he could do to me could hurt me the way you have" she sighed. "What kind of fool do you take me for?"

"Fool?" he raised a brow at her, "Felicity?" he didn't understand what she was talking about.

"Who are they Haldir, Goldilocks and her sister?" she was no one to beat around the bush as the grief she was feeling was slowly giving way to anger.

"Oh, um," he began, wondering how she could've possibly known about his guests in the garden, but that was a moot subject the fact was, she did indeed know. Haldir was overcome with her emotions now he looked at her, her eyes were dark and piercing.

He looked away from her for a moment in shame before casting a soft he upon her once more "I will not lie to you, I was tempted by them twice, once here and once a few days ago, though please know that I did not succumb to their advances Felicity."

She lifted her legs over him and lay on the bed with her back to him.

"I am sorry, please believe me," he paused for a moment trying to gather his thoughts, he placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Haldir," she replied taking a deep breath, "do not apologize, for I am the one who is sorry." she sighed.

"For what?" he was still kneeling on the floor beside her bed.

"For everything…for seeking you out five years ago, for the troll incident, for the fellowship, for disrupting your life again, for my father" she sighed. "You did not deserve all of this. Surely you deserve better."

"Better, Melamin ?" he looked after her as her back was still to him, "Do you think I, the March Warden of the Golden Wood, would have professed my love to anyone but the best." He smiled "Or be raked over the coals by your father if I did not love you," she could feel his sincerity.

"Ugh, I am so sorry about that, Haldir, I know my father can be quite the ass, he didn't hurt you did he?" she glanced at him for a moment over her shoulder.

"Well he had a few choice words to offer me, though I am still here. And thank goodness, for the both of us, still with my endowment," he tried to get her to smile. She did; briefly before he continued.

"Thankfully your mother walked in and he introduced me as the `barbaric elf who seduced and deduced his daughter', " Felicity looked at him a might horrified with embarrassment. "That's when your mother reminded him that though you look like her, your will is that of your father's and therefore the seduction was probably mutual," he smirked.

"It was not," Felicity insisted thinking back to the tree incident.

"Felicity?" he raised a brow at her, as he too thought of the sane incident will all of her moaning and groaning.

"Okay half and half," she insisted.

"Well, he asked me what my intentions were regarding his daughter," Haldir began as he looked at her.

"And I told him that intended to stay married to his daughter with his blessing or without it," a look of surprise cam over her for a moment as Haldir continued. "To which your mother let out a chuckle and was giddy with the notion of having an `official' ceremony," he paused, "Which by the way will be two days from now. I do believe she has already started making arrangements and notifying guests," he smiled at her now.

Felicity looked at him over her shoulder, he was so noble standing up to her father, but she could not help but think of all that Epoloven had said to her but moments ago. "Haldir, Please do not feel as though you are obligated to me in any way," she turned away from him and fought back tears, "We both know that this child was not planned, I will manage well by myself, you are not bound to me" she whispered wiping her face with her night dress.

He sat on the bed and rolled her over so that she was now laying on her back looking at him.

"Felicity, you are my wife, I love you and for that reason alone I am bound to you," he replied. "The baby is just a bonus," he smiled at her lovingly before lowering his lips and kissing her belly. She stroked his hair softly, and smiled down at him as she did, inadvertently brushing the tips of his ear.

"Now what did you have to go and do that for?" he grinned pulling the covers over the both of them.

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Legolas and Kimber soon came upon a large willow tree that would seclude them of prying eyes. He sat down against the base of the tree and pulled Kimber down onto his lap. She rested her head against the crook of his neck.

"Though I would rather spend this time alone doing other things, we need to decide what we are going to do about us and our future," he sighed lightly.

Kimber looked up at him, "What can we do Legolas? It seems that the whole world is against us being together!"

"Well I do have a plan but I need to know your feelings before I can even consider going through with it," Legolas began.

"Tell me!" Kimber became anxious as she sat up and now straddled his legs so that she could face him.

"Calm down, Melamin!" he laughed at her, "You may not like what I have to say," he then added in more serious tone.

Kimber slouched back feeling a little uneasy.

"I still want to marry you, but unfortunately your father will not allow me," he began with a sigh as he looked down away from her, "I thought that maybe you and I could secretly wed before I leave and then once my quest is completed I would return for you and take you to Mirkwood."

Kimber's eyes grew wide. Though she did not like the thought of him leaving, the idea of becoming his wife and him returning to her was better than nothing at all. "Yes Legolas, let's do it!" she exclaimed happily making him look back up to her slightly confused.

"But Kimber you do know the consequences of your decision? Your father will not be pleased and …" he started to explain only to be cut off.

"And as far as I am concerned, I will be the one making my own decisions! Not him!" she firmly replied, pleased that she now had said it out loud. Legolas was staring at her in disbelief. Though her words made him extremely happy, he would have never have dreamed of her saying such things.

Seeing the look now upon his face, she offered him a reassuring smile before leaning into hug him. It was then she began to feel a slightly weird tingly sensation run throughout her body. Blaming it on her nerves, she ignored it as she held him close to her. "I love you Legolas and would do anything to be with you," she whispered into his ear, making him close his eyes at the sudden excitement she was arising in him. He had yet to tell her about how sensitive his ears were.

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Felicity sighed as Haldir tenderly kissed her belly allowing his lips to journey upward across her abdomen until they reached her breasts.

"Melamin" she whispered as he kissed her neck, "give it to me," she uttered, hormones racing through her body now; she wanted him inside her now!!!

"Oh it seems as though the Warden's lady is feeling a bit needy tonight," he smiled "Do you want it?" he taunted.

"Yes" she smiled at him, she had been craving him since they set foot in the Golden Wood.

"How badly?" he teased her; an air of coyness in his tone, though he already knew the answer as she wriggled beneath him.

*~*

Kimber sat back to look at Legolas when she let out a rather unusual sigh. Again she felt that tingly sensation, only this time it was a little stronger and it seemed to affect her more `private' areas. She closed her eyes slightly and waited for it to pass. When finally the feeling had ended, she opened her eyes to see Legolas looking at her a little strangely.

"Are you feeling alright Kimber?" he asked looking at her with concern, "Your face seems a little flush," as he then placed his hand on her cheek.

"I feel fine. Just a little hot is all? Are you hot?" she looked back to him.

Before Legolas could answer, he watched in shock as Kimber closed her eyes but this time instead of sighing she let out a soft moan and began to run her fingers through her hair. Her behavior was starting to give him mixed feelings. He was not sure whether to listen to his mind and be worried or if he should listen to his body and join her.

*~*

Felicity wasted no time in pulling his erectness from his leggings and guiding it into her wetness.
She exhaled deeply as he penetrated her "Does that answer your question?" Felicity replied as she wrapped her legs around him.

"Ummm, it does" he was enjoying these hormonal surges, in as much as she was, as he thrust his hardness deep within her. Ohhh she felt good, he could feel her pelvic muscles grip his shaft as he pumped into her.

He brought his lips to her breasts once more and sucked on them fervently, threading her pert nipples with his tongue for a moment before looking at them. They had already begun swelling with the notion of feeding his child. Delicious; he thought to himself, wondering how long she would allow him to indulge in such guilty pleasures, he paused before treating himself to her tasty elixir once again, sucking harder and harder with each fleck of his tongue.

*~*

More and more, Legolas grew confused. He could not believe what was taking place before him. He remained motionless and continued to gaze at Kimber as she let out another moan and slowly began to move her hips so that she was grinding against him.

"Kimber?" he tried to get her attention. Her movements were now starting to affect him and he was not sure how much more he could take.

"Legolas" she purred as her hands now drifted down from her hair and slowly made their way to her breasts, "What…ah…is...ah…happening?" she tried asking him in between her moans which were now growing in intense.

*~*

"Haldir?" Felicity pined as he slid from her body and pulled her on top of him; he was quite intrigued by their last indulgence this way and she did not disappoint him as she quickly moved over him. `If daddy could see her now;' he thought to himself. His poor little innocence daughter whom he had defiled was now straddling him once again just as she did last night grinding herself against his shaft. He smiled at the thought of such things.

Soon Haldir placed his hands at the small of her back and guided her down to him so that he could taste her rounded breasts once more. No doubt they would continue to be a delicacy for him for the next twenty four months, he reveled in the thought for a moment before she sat up once more. He reached up and caressed them with his strong hands; to which she moaned with eager satisfaction.

*~*

Legolas did not answer. He was holding onto his sanity by a thread as he could now feel Kimber's wetness seeping through his breeches as she started to press herself harder against him making his manhood throb. He closed his eyes, trying to focus on anything other than what was happening, but when reopening his eyes, he found that his hands were now on her hips and he was now rocking with her.

"Legolas…ah…ah…help me!" she groaned in desperation and pleasure all at once.

`Help her? Help him!' he thought to himself as he now saw her touching herself in the most intimate of areas and felt her pace begin to quicken.

*~*

Haldir could tell that Felicity was ready to explode, as he ran his hand from her breasts to her belly and smiled. Though he would never have admitted such things to anyone, it was no mistake that she was pregnant; surprise yes, mistake no. Every time he made love to her he had pumped his fluid into her with the intention of impregnating her…after all she belonged to him. And the notion of his seed growing inside her excited him to no end an excitement that was growing harder and harder to control every time he saw her. He looked up at her now she had moved her hands to his back of his shoulders to pull herself more forcefully into him. He was deep inside of her now, he wanted to cum so bad…but he refrained for watching her give way to orgasm first brought him pleasure to no end.

"Ohh" Felicity moaned contently as her muscles contracted, though she quickly quieted herself so the others wouldn't hear them. But Haldir wanted her to scream, and loud enough so her arrogant bastard of a father could hear.

*~*

Kimber grabbed onto the front of Legolas' tunic as she finally opened her eyes to look at him, "Help…help…" she paused gasping for air, "Please…hold me!"

Quickly, he reached up and pulled her as close as he could to him. She was panting heavily as he felt her begin to rake her nails into his back!

"Ohh…oh my…yes…yes…YES!" she screamed out in ecstasy as her body released.

*~*

Haldir moved his hands from her stomach to her bottom as he pushed himself harder and harder into her. "Come on Felicity, I want to hear you," he looked up at her intently.

"Haldir" Felicity gasped barely to catch her breath.

Oh yes this was going to be good. "Louder than that, Melamin," he grinned as he could tell she was reaching her breaking point now.

"Haldir," Felicity sighed louder as her legs began to tremble; she could feel the climax rippling through her body.

"Who's your Ada (daddy) now, Melamin?" Harder and harder he pumped holding her with his gaze.

"Haldir," she moaned.

"Louder," he demanded grabbing her bottom with force and pushing into her with all of his might; he could feel her wetness flowing freely now.

"Haldir!" she moaned again this time loud enough for the border guards of Lorien to hear.

"That's right Felicity?!" he grasped her waist now, "and don't you forget it," he smiled as he erupted inside of her.

*~*

Legolas held Kimber close as she began to tremble from the aftershock. Her breathing was slowly returning to normal, but she was still holding onto him as if her life depended on it!

"Kimber are you alright?" he finally got up the nerve to ask her. He felt her shake her head in agreement as she remained holding him tight. He wanted to see her face to make sure that she was not lying, but something told him that she was fine and probably just a little embarrassed at what she had just done.

"I know that now might not be the best time to ask you this but…" he paused looking for the right words, "Could you maybe try and explain just what happened to you?" he slowly began to pull her away from him to look at her, and as he suspected, her face was as red as a cherry!

"I don't know…it felt as though someone had taken over my body and I had no control over myself!" she sighed lightly, "And I had these feelings coursing throughout my body like… like… I have never felt before." She still kept her eyes focused on his chest.

"Tell me, Melamin, is the first time that this has ever happened to you?" Legolas whispered to her, caressing her check.

"Well yes, I mean I have never felt like that before," she admitted shyly as her eyes darted down to see the very visible wet mark on his leggings, making her face flush once more. "Did I…" she began to ask shyly.

"Ah, yes Kimber, but do not be embarrassed. It may not have been the way I had imagined it taking place, but I am still glad that it was I and not someone else." He leaned in to give her a reassuring kiss. "I'm curious as to what exactly just took place here, is all" he continued softly.
"As I said before, I have never experienced feelings like that. Unless…" Kimber shot up with a surprised look now on her face, "No, how could that be?" she was talking to herself.

"What Kimber?" Legolas was growing more curious.

"No, it's impossible!" Kimber began to shake her head, "But then…just maybe…"

"Are you trying to drive me insane?" he smirked at her, "Please tell me?"

"Wait, let me try something first," she closed her eyes and began to mutter words that he had never heard before and soon found himself staring in disbelief as she now sat before him, with wings! Reaching out slowly, he gently touched one with his finger making the wing flutter as she began to giggle.

"What does this mean Kimber?" He was still in awe as he inspected her wings closely.

"I was right! I have my powers back!" she smiled widely for a moment before it turned into a frown.

"What makes you upset?" he questioned seeing her _expression change, " I thought you would be happy to have them back."

"Oh I am but it also means that Felicity must have hers back to and she does not know it!" Kimber shuddered slightly.

"So what is so bad about that?" He was becoming confused again.

Her face for the third time tonight turned a bright red, "Well that mean's what happened earlier was me reacting to something that she was feeling!" Kimber scrunched up her nose in disgust.

"Do you mean that Felicity was…Felicity and Haldir were …and you…" he was now baffled.

"Yes Legolas, that's exactly what I am saying!"