In One Day, I Promise (Legolas FanFic)

15. Corsets and Kings

**IMPORTANT!** 14th December 2014 **

This chapter was written in March this year so I am in the process of updating my book and editing it. It is NOT finished yet (as of the 14th December 2014) so please keep reading. I will be posting more updates soon, but I needed to change my name on all my chapters because when I started writing this book I was called Hazelnut_Monkey, now I'm called Hazelnuttyy.

And, I am gonna start signing my books with "Am" as it is a shortened version of my already short name, Amy. So that's about it, just wanted to let you all know that I havn't finished writing, it's just that my editing may take a while :)

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I am in the process of writing chapters 16 and 17, so I might upload more this weekend! Yay!!! Anyways, enjoy!

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"You said WHAT?!"

I lay on my back in a clearing in the woods, with Maethorhest lying besides me. Since I arrived, we had become good friends, and I was telling her about what I'd said to Deilelleth. 

"I called her a slutty, selfish slag and told her to,mitta lambetya cendelesse orcova..." I realized it sounded really bad, but Maethorhest simply laughed. 

"You go girl! I hate that slut, she's horrible to everyone." I smiled, and was glad of Maethorhest's company. She was always really kind, and really honest.

She found me storming around Mirkwood, and suggested we go and hunt. I had said I wasn't very good, and she'd said she would teach me. We had practiced for a while, but I was too angry at that point to shoot straight, so we sat down and she talked to me.

"What is she to the king?" I asked, watching the sun dapple the trees above my head, and birds fly below the clouds. Maethorhest lay besides me, her hair glistening in the sunlight, and her eyes sleepy.

"Not entirely sure, but rumour has it that, urm..." She leaned closer, and I listened harder.

"-that she's either his girlfriend or his prostitute." She leaned back, and I laughed.

" I'd figured that  much out myself, funnily enough." I laughed, and she playfully punched my arm. She lay back down, and closed her eyes, her golden curls fell over her shoulders. I wonder if she and Legolas are, no. I suddenly felt a pang of jealousy, but I shoved it down and immediately felt guilty about it.

Me and Maethorhest are friends, I shouldn't be jealous of her.

"So, if she's the kings girlfriend, could she become queen?" This was a sickening thought. I saw Maethorhest shudder. Clearly this girl was not well liked.

"I doubt it- the King will never marry again, not after Galadrin, the Starlight Queen." She fell silent, as if remembering something long forgotten. My brain immediately started working overtime, but I feared it may be a tender subject the late queen.

I decided to abruptly change the subject.

"Do you think, they've kissed, mouth to mouth as it where?" I asked, and Maethorhest's gossipy side came out again and she turned over to me, her face serious. I smiled.

"You cannot tell anyone, Erynriel, you promise?" I crossed my heart and sealed my lips.

"They got caught having, you know- 'it'- down near the river, at a little hollow. My friend Imilda saw them." My eyes widened. I loved gossiping, I have never got to do it before, because as you can imagine, my foster father wasn't exactly a catty gossiper. Imagine that.

"Did they actually?" It sounded really fare fetched, but I liked to believe it was true. 

Maethorhest nodded frantically. Yes, it's true! I can show you the place if you want!" I nodded, and we both got up hastily, giggling, leaving all out stuff behind and racing through the forest. Too be honest, sometimes it was good to pretend I was free, pretending I was a gossipy elleth who loved to think about ellons and bitch about everyone.

But I am not. I am a warrior, which is what I really want to do when I get the chance. I pushed this to the back of my mind, and raced after Maethorhest, as we nimbly scaled branches and thickets.

She skidded to a halt, and I crashed into her and we both toppled over.I let out a shriek, and we both collapsed in a heap in a clearing. Maethorhest was giggling, and I laughed as we lay on out backs, looking up at the sky again.

Maethorhest clambered up, and she pulled me up and I dusted my dress off. I hadn't got changed since I got here, I only have two dresses so not much choice. I looked around, and gasped. We were in a little clearing, surrounded by trees, with a sparkling stream running through it. Well, it was more like a deep pool, that shimmered with golden light. It looked really nice and cold, and I badly wanted to swim in it. 

"This is the place... I can't imagine the King down here with her." Maethorhest said, and I had to agree. I wandered around, looking around the trees and the lake, whilst gagging at the fact that the king would go for that horrible idiot. I rounded around a rock and shrieked. Maethorhest came running over, her face panicked, before we both broke down and laughed.

I could hardly speak from laughing so much, and my sides felt like they would split. I whipped tears from my eyes and could hardly speak.

"So, she actually did come down and here a 'have it on' with the King!" I laughed, and Maethorhest nodded, whilst laughing. We both descided to leave, whilst laughing and pushing each other. 

"I cannot believe she would leave her corset here, and the worst part was, it was unlaced!" screamed Maethorhest, and I tried to shush her, but she carried on laughing. We both laughed as we walked back, without a care in the world.

I smirked.

"It might've been the Kings corset...!" There was a pause, and then we both laughed even more, imagining the King in a corset. I couldn't believe about how much fun it was having a friend, and even more, I couldn't believe how much fun I was having, without Saruman and Thranduil, I could be free.

To think about corsets and kings!

Lol I AM SO GIDDY atm, so this chapter kind of reflected how I was feeling!!! XD

Anyways, 

I know I said before that Maethorhest was Captain of The Guard, she's actually just going to be a guard now, rather than Captain. She has back length blonde curly hair, and green eyes, and is the daughter of Tauriel, who isn't a main character in this. (She is alive, but may die later I'll let you know if she does :)

Maethorhest and Erynriel have become close friends, and are like best friends, because she's really nice to her.

That's about it, so, per the norm...

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