"Return Home"
by Trunks's Gal
Chapter Four: A Stranger, and a Danger
Everyone
sat along a long table in the palace. Nimbus and Legolas sat at the head;
both wore crowns of pure gold that showed everyone that they were, indeed,
the king and queen.
Someone
tapped on their glass, and Gimli stood up.
"I
would like to propose a toast," he started to say, but was interupted by
the hooded stranger.
"Excuse
me Gimli, but I would like to make this toast."
There
was dead silence in the room. Legolas stood up, and the man took his hood
off.
"Aragorn!"
Legolas exclaimed, he sounded like a little boy.
"Please
take your seat old friend. I would like to make this toast."
Legolas
sat down, and Aragorn cleared his throat.
"I
was dead to the world for the last ten years, but I refused to miss this
day."
Aragorn
turned towards Arwen.
"I'm
sorry I made you cry," he told her. "But enough with the sad. I came today
to celebrate the marriage of two of the most amazing elves I have ever
had the pleasure of meeting. To Nimbus and Legolas!"
"Here
here!" the rest of the room answered.
Nimbus
rose from her chair. She did not look happy or anything that should have
looked like after her own wedding.
"Are
you sure you killed Luniar?" she demanded of Gimli.
"Possitive,"
Gimli answered, "why do you ask?"
Nimbus
looked around.
"He's
in this room."
Everyone
looked around.
"Are
you sure?" Arwen asked.
Nimbus
nodded.
"Why
do you doubt me, Arwen?" she asked.
"I've
never known you to sense anything before," Arwen answered.
"I
heard him. I would know his footsteps anywhere."
Someone
laughed gruffly.
"My
dear," he said. "You lived in the woods too long! Luniar has been dead
for ten years!
As
soon as those words left the man's mouth, an arrow was launched threw his
head. It was thrusted so hard, that the point came out of his forhead.
Nimbus
screamed and the room was thrown into chaos. Nimbus grabbed onto Legolas.
"We
must get out of here."