This is before the last chapter of TTB, when Aragorn gets the message from Middle Earth.
"When are you going to arrive Ada?" Aragorn whispered to himself gazing out at the sea from Reavstone.
He thought of the size of the army coming to destroy Surda, and he knew that without the elves from Middle Earth, all resistance to Gallbatorix would be ended. The King's army was somewhere between ten-thousand and twelve-thousand, while Surda's ranged from six-thousand to seven-thousand including the elves from Ellesmera. With the elves arriving from Middle Earth, their forces would increase by about three-thousand.
"You shouldn't be alone Estel," Aragorn heard a familiar voice say from behind him and felt a smooth hand rest on his shoulder.
"What if something happened to them Legolas? What if there is no army coming to aid us?" Aragorn said turning around to face the blonde-haired elf.
"Lord Elrond and his children would never abandon the descendent of Elros. You are the blood relative of Elrond's brother and you were raised as a son of Elrond, they would never abandon you just as my Adar would never abandon me," Legolas comforted feeling the weakness enveloping his friend.
"Yes but what if there aren't enough elves left in Middle Earth to make a difference?" Aragorn despaired turning around again to stare blankly into the sea.
Legolas was silent for a minute wondering how to work his way around this problem. Then he got it, "We will have Lord Elrond, The Balgrog Slayer Glorfindel, Erestor, and Elladan and Elrohir. Must I remind you how dangerous they were before you brought hope back into their lives? They were a force to be reckoned with against any Orc, I doubt anyone can stand against them when they are together." Legolas began.
"We will also have Lady Galadriel, Lord Celeborn, my Adar, and any elves they would be able to rally. There is no need to despair so Estel," Legolas finished resorting to Aragorn's former name to attempt to comfort him.
"Arwen said that Elrond was sending messengers to Radagast the Brown, and the Blue Wizards but no one is sure whether they will come," Aragorn pointed out trying to think of the positive instead of the negatives.
"Not even Gallbatorix could stand against the four wizards of Middle Earth, sent by the Valar themselves, easily," Legolas consoled.
Aragorn looked at his friend, relief and gratitude in his grey eyes. Then he noticed for the first time that the haunted look in the elf's eyes was gone and the luminous light of the elves was back in his skin.
"I'm not fading any longer, how could I when I'm going to be an Adar," Legolas answered Aragorn's look.
"Hannon i' Valar, lle ier marth Edhel (Thank the Valar, you are a lucky elf)" Aragorn cried out giving his friend a hug and thinking about how truly wonderful this news was.
"I told Arya last night," Legolas said simply smiling broadly as he remembered his loves face.
Aragorn couldn't find anything else to say so he simply went back to watching the sea a wide grin on his face. That's when he noticed a great white bird flying from the sea looking as if it would drop dead at any moment. He remembered vaguely Elrond's story of how Elrond's mother, Elwing, had cast herself into the sea and was turned into a bird that flew to Eärendil after her home was attacked.
Aragorn alerted Legolas and they both watched the bird struggle to reach the shore where they stood waiting. Both of the men cried out as the bird's strength died and it plummeted into the shallow water of the sea, about ten feet out from where they were standing.
Without thinking through his actions, Aragorn tore off his boots and tunic and dove into the water swimming frantically to reach the drowning bird. He finally reached the bird and swam back to shore attempting to keep it clear of the water.
"Aragorn…what were you thinking?" Legolas asked taking the obviously important bird from Aragorn's hands as he clambered onto shore again.
"Elwing…" his friend answered trying to catch his breath from swimming with the sinking clothes on.
Legolas's eyes grew in size and he adjusted his hold on the bird so that it was more comfortable. Finally Aragorn caught his breath and they both stood watch over the bird waiting for any sign of life.
They both jumped when the bird climbed to its feet and gracefully transformed into the personification of beauty. The resemblance between Aragorn's foster-father and the young lady standing in front of them was remarkable.
She had the same raven black hair as Arwen or the twins, and her eyes held the light of the Valar themselves. She was a slender woman and her face was slim and fair, her eyes a deep blue resembling the seas she had just been saved from. She was clothed in a brilliant red dress that was covered slightly by a blood red cloak clasped to her hands her that if she spread her arms they would resemble the wings she had just lost.
"Elwing…" Aragorn stuttered falling to his knees in a sign of honor.
"You are a descendant of Elros, my son, yours is the blood of Kings. I am pleased that Elrond has cared for you after Arathorn's death," she began practically whispering the words, enunciating every word as if she was thinking of them a split second after she said them.
"Why have you come?" Aragorn questioned keeping his eyes down as his Ada had taught me when he was a child.
"I bear a message from Elrond. The Valar decreed I nor my husband Eärendil could never set foot on Middle Earth again, but Alagaesia is permitted," she answered letting her eyes wander along her descendents face taking in the battle plagued face and the brilliant silver eyes that held his entire life.
"What is the message?" Legolas asked taking a place on his knee before the women who had held the Silmarillion of Fëanor.
Elwing's gaze shifted to the Prince of Mirkwood and a barely visible smile and a raise of the eyebrow, that reminded both men of Elrond's famous stare, was seen. She swept her arms back to the seas that she had recently come from.
"They are at the shores waiting. All of the ships that they possess are on the other side of Middle Earth in the Grey Havens. They have no way to sail the seas and lend you the help needed," Elwing answered walking forward to rest her hands on her descendant's shoulders.
"They must be brought quickly. Elrond has seen the war will come swift, in a day or two maybe, and their help will be needed if you hope to succeed. They must be brought here with the magic possessed by the Dragon Riders of this continent," She continued gazing into Aragorn's eyes.
"Aragorn…Pippin brought us here by Dragon Rider magic," Legolas said as the realization hit them both.
"But can he transport himself to Middle Earth, and then back again with thousands of elves?" Aragorn asked unable to tear the gaze of his ancestor.
"Only time will tell. But you must hurry for Eärendil has foreseen the doom that will result if Gallbatorix is successful," Elwing responded letting go of Aragorn's shoulders.
The two friends watched as Elwing spread her cloak and seemed to transform into the beautiful bird she had arrived as. As her facial features morphed away, Elwing cast a proud smile at her son's foster-child tainted with a bitterness that would come from his mortal death.
They watched her fly away and only once she had disappeared from view over the horizon did Legolas finally react, "we have to inform the others and see to it that Eragon and Pippin bring the elven armies to Surda immediately."
Aragorn nodded his agreement and set off down that path he had taken to arrive here. Legolas followed wordlessly and together the two friends made it to King Orrin's studies within ten minutes of Elwing's departure.
"We must speak to Eragon and Pippin immediately, we have received a message from Middle Earth that requires their attention," Aragorn almost shouted as they ran into the room barely noticing the guards that followed.
King Orrin and Nusuada looked up from their planning and took only a few minutes to call in a messenger boy, give him the message and location, and send him off to find the Dragon Riders.
Aragorn collapsed into a chair that had been brought for him. Legolas concealed a smirk at his mortal friend and quickly caught his breath while Aragorn took several seconds to regain his.
It was a half an hour later that the two Dragon Riders and Srani burst through the door the elves wanting to know what was going on immediately, and Pippin waving a greeting to his companions.
"What is it? Is there a problem with the elves?" Srani said above the clamor wishing for the noise to end…
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