Gwendoin began to brush and starts to braid my hair. We were just talking and laughing to ourselves. It is my first time to laugh with someone I am not related to... and kind, literally.
"There, you are good to go. You are more gorgeous than me already. Go and melt the King's heart now." She said and laughed. I laughed along with her even though I felt like I want to lock myself in here and never face their king.
" Do not be afraid to go and face the King, M'lady. He just grown cold but he is not a monster. Come on, go and reason with him." She said and chuckled so I stood up and faced her.
"Can you show me the way?" I asked her. She just smiled at me and hold my hand.
"Sure!" She said while taking my hand.
We walked and walked until we reached a hall. It is so beautiful. It is like you're seeing the whole kingdom already. Then, I noticed that Gwendoin stopped walking now and then she bowed to someone. As for me I just stood there silently looking at the back of the person whom Gwendoin, bowed down to.
"Ego!" The person said. What does that mean?
After the that person said the word, Gwendoin, faced me and nods then began to walk away from us. Her hand let go from mine and that surprised me. Will she just leave me alone in here? What if this person will strike me, hurt me or the worst thing that I can imagine? My eyes followed Gwendoin as she walks away.
"I see that you know my head healer now. When are you acquainted ?" The person said and that made me look at him. He is just looking at me without any emotion. Just like what I am expecting, he looks so much like Lee Pace but you know, I am seeing Lee Pace now being with his character in the "Soldier's Girl" than Thranduil in the "Hobbit". He looks very different. He looks like he did not sleep for how many weeks.
" Uhmm... Yes, we just get acquainted a while ago. I suppose...y-you are the king?" I asked him, looking straight to his beautiful, blue eyes.
"Yes, I am. How do you feel?" He said while looking at me and still emotionless.
" I am fine now, thank you by the way for taking me here and helping me. Thank you very much." I said and smiled at him but still no emotion. Well, It's up to him if he's not gonna smile or laugh. I am happy today.
" It is nothing... Where are you from?" He said and looked away.
" I.. uhm... I came from another world. Believe it or not but it is true." I said still smiling. I feel very nervous, you know?
" I see... Then I guess you prepare yourself to go back home now. You are fine, I think." he said and looked at me. My smile faded as soon as I hear his words then I smiled to him sadly.
" I wish to go home too. I want to see my mother and how did she get along with my father. But I can't." This makes him lift his eyebrow.
" Why is that?" He asked still lifting his eyebrow.
" I do not know the way and one more thing is that, I am tired getting bullied anymore. In my world, I always get bullied. They call me "witch" or "cursed one". I do not even know what I did to be called as one and experience such thing." I explained to him..
"I don't want someone pitying me, actually but it is what I need now-- your pity. Please let me stay." I said and look at him. There's a dead air after I said those words.He just looked at me.
"What is your name? You did not give me your name?"- The king asked me again. I looked at him in surprise. I never thought he would ask me that.
"Jannidriel, my name is Jannidriel." I said as I smile. Still, he's just looking at me like I am nothing.
" I am going to think about what you told me. For now, you may go to the kitchen and have some food. I know you are hungry. You have been unconscious for two days." he said while looking at me. I smiled at him.
He called the guards and talk to him in a language that I can't understand.
" The guard will lead you there, you may go now " He told me. I smiled at him and I followed the guard. When we're walking going to the kitchen, I began to ask the guard many questions.
"May I ask you some questions?" I asked the guard.
" Yes you may, M'lady. Anytime." The guard said to me while smiling.
"Why is it that you're king is like that it's as if he has no life at all? He's very cold." I asked the guard.
"M'lady, King Thranduil lost his father in a battle against the evil forces hundred years ago and that made him become one." The guard answered.
I thought he's just being arrogant or something but I see that he's into something. Something that is much heavier than the one I am bearing.
" Does that mean that he doesn't have any one anymore?" I asked the guard again.
"Yes, M'lady. He's mother died because of an attack before." He answered.
"We are here now, M'lady. Hope you will enjoy your food and... Hope you can help our king come out from his box." The guard said and smiled at me. I return a smile at him.
As soon as he went away, a maid approached me and made me sit and give me food. It's all vegetable actually but it taste very, very good.
"I heard what Ramiel had said earlier, my lady. About King Thranduil." The maid said and sat in front of me.
Ramiel... I guess that's the name of the guard a while ago. I smiled at the maid.
"Oh that? That's nothing its just that I am curious about your king. He's acting like a monster you know?" I said and the maid began to chuckle.
"Yes, kind of. But you know he just can't forget what happened to his father and I think he is blaming himself of what happened to him." The maid told me and smiled at me.
"About the thing that Ramiel told you a while ago is that, they know and I also know that you can change him. It is all about your personality my lady, I think you are the only one who can tolerate him. And the only one who can help him" - the maid said.
Yeah, I hope that I can help him too. I don't really know why I am here in the first place and I am just the one who will answer my own question.
"I hope so too. Well, only will I do that if he will let me stay here in his realm." I said and smile at her.
"By the way, I did not told you my name. Where are my manners. Anyway, I am Nafeliel, my lady."- she said and smiled at me.
"I am Jannidriel." I said and smiled in return.