12 Chapter 12. (1/2)
”AAAGH! d.a.m.n! Why do you have to behave like that? I'm sure he hates you now ... ”A girl's voice sounded in the middle of the forest. ”Besides, was not there another name less ridiculous than Slippery?”
Sure enough, the girl who spoke was none other than Slippery, who until a few minutes ago had just said goodbye to Aldarion. She had waited for the distance to be long enough for him not to listen. So he could start letting go of everything that had been spinning in his head.
'Well, at least she has not realized that she was a girl, if she would not be in trouble. No one should know that I am a girl, if my father finds out that I've escaped again I do not know what punishment would impose me. 'She thought to herself.
'But Thalion... he seemed very nice as well as handsome. Not to say that he was very brave in saving me, if he had not arrived in time I do not know if he would be alive now. It was just like in the stories my mother told me where the gentleman comes to rescue his beloved.' As he was thinking this, his face started to blush and he did not notice until it was over. She put her hands on her cheeks and felt the heat of her blush. ”I-I think it's love. Can it be love at first sight?” She said very nervous in a practically inaudible tone.
Just at that moment the sound of bushes was heard and four Dunedain appeared and approached her. The one who seemed to be the leader of the group stepped forward and made a slight bow. ”My lady Fíriel. Your father has sent us to pick it up. Please do not resist and come quietly with us.”
'd.a.m.n it, my father discovered me very soon this time. I can not go on adventures in a good season.' She thought. ”Well, I'll go with you. Do not worry, I will not do anything bad.”
After hearing what Fíriel said, the man stared at the girl with a surprised face. Fíriel noticing this said to him. ”What's up Telos?”
”I'm surprised you do not make any fuss, that's all, my lady.” He said without thinking much.
Fíriel simply looked at him out of the corner of his eye and told him. ”That's nothing Telos, only that today you caught me in a very good mood. I just hope father is not very angry.”
'I wonder what happened to the young lady so she would be so happy.' She thought to herself, Telos. ”My lady, your father only cares about you. You know that you are very important to him. You are his only daughter. That you leave alone is very dangerous could be with a bandit or a pack of wolves.”
When Fíriel heard that last one almost tripped. ”I defend myself so I do not have to worry so much.” She almost shouted at him, but then stopped to think about what happened before and that if Thalion had not rescued her, it would not have ended well. So, she fell silent and kept walking.
Some time later she arrived at the Dunedain camp. She thought that when she was finished so quickly her father would not scold her so much, but she could not be more wrong. Her father and she were arguing for a while while their mother tried to mediate between the two.
The discussion ended with his father punis.h.i.+ng her and announcing that he was going to start looking for a fiancé. She was twenty-five already and according to the Dunedain tradition she had to start looking for one.
This of course did not sit well with Fíriel who just that day had met a man who had fallen in love and knew that when his father was referring to a fiancé, he wanted to tell one of his race. A Dunedain from his camp or from one of the other failing.