Same Old Sky | Chapter Seventeen

I tied the message to the dove's leg with a length of ribbon (that I found in my dresser drawer) that was the lightest shade of sea blue I'd ever seen.

I kissed her head once and picked her up, letting her fly out the window, then sat on my bed, staring into space.

Soon I went to my trunk and pulled out the books on elvish protocal, making lists and notes on the paper.

After what seemed like a brief second, but was really several hours, I was done. I lined the books up neatly on my slender wooden shelf and looked around.

I discovered a small cubby room next to my bed and opened it.

Inside were dozens of dresses, exactly my size, along with several tunics and leggings, boots and soft shoes like ballet flats, only.. So much more beautiful!

When I had tried on every single dress, hanging it back up, I finally decided on a silver dress with a gold linked chain around the waist and coming down to form a type of dovetail between the dress and skirt, and a small pendant that I found tucked beneath my pillow along with a note from Eruraviel.

The pendant was the ivory shape of a dove, taking flight.

I brushed my hair and braided it according to the protocal I had just devoured, in two thin braids at the front pulled back to hold it out of my face.

It was much more effecient than it looks, and that, I'm sure is the reason that the elves chose it.