Sauche didn't quite know what to do with herself. She knew she would grow restless on that land...she needed other elves, she needed adventure.
She remembered that Thranduil had advised her to go to the healers and so she followed them as they left the chamber. They greeted her kindly, with soothing voices, and bade her rest upon a couch so that they could serve her.
Sauche was tense, and reluctant to release her spear.
My spear! she thought. I have earned it surely! She had not given it back to the guard, who did not press his claim when he saw that Thranduil would rather she kept it.
But gradually, as one of the maidens lightly sang, playing upon her strings with elven grace, Sauche relinquished her spear to another gentle maid. She who would have never let another take her weapon, gave it into gentler hands.
The smell of herbs drifted through the bright and airy room, and with it drifted Sauche's senses...
Sauche dreamt then in the rest of elves, dreaming while awake, and aware of of the past as if it were the present. She saw then clearly her father and her mother as they had been in the days before the darkness.
The wild elf wept and wept as if she would never stop, and let the gentle maids sing to her, and bathe her, and dress her and adorn her. When Sauche at last came back to herself, she felt cleansed and her mind felt clear. She looked upon her image in their mirror and saw that, save for the scars she bore, she was much like the other elven maidens.
No. Not quite the same, she thought. But not so different. For though I shall always love moments such as this, I must be part of what lies beyond.
She thanked the healers gladly, took her spear, and set out to find a bite to eat. She wondered where she might find the kitchens, and then remembered the girl who served refreshments in the great hall.
Along the way, Sauche saw some of the soldiers practicing with their spears. She heard one of them mention the excercises that Thranduil had orderd for the next day. It seemed that the king wanted his troops in crack condition for some reason.
Watching them, Sauche wondered if she was not better with the spear than most of the soldiers she saw at practice...
[ May 07, 2002: Message edited by: Gilthalion ]
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