Chapter 1

I fell on my back, his sword pointed at my neck. "You cheated" I said sharp. My almost golden dress was getting dirtier as I have fallen on the ground many times.

"I did no such thing. You wanted a fair fight my lady and you got one. It is not my fault you keep reading books and write about your dreams when you should have practice with yours sword" my teacher said who had the sword against my neck. My teacher was a human, his black hair went down to his shoulder and a bit of hair was twisted into the back.

"I am only twenty summers old; I have like thousands of years left." I stood up and my teacher withdrew his sword. "And stop calling me a lady" I said frustrated. I am an Elf, living on Númenor. The few Elves that is living here.

"Well my lady, you are a lady, so yes I will keep calling you my lady. If you are not a lady I am not a man" he said and poked my legs with his sword. I jumped backward and picked up my sword. My teacher sighed deeply. "Let's finish for today" he said. What? No!

"Why? I want to learn more" I said stubborn.

"I have to pack" he said. He is going where? He packed his knife and swords we had used for duels.

"Are you going somewhere?" I asked, making him stop packing. He looked at me, right in the eye.

"Lord Elendil is sending me to Middle-earth, I am leaving this dawn." He didn't face me when he said it. I was mad, Elendil was sending him away from me.

"Why? Why he ordered you to do that? He wants to keep you away from me right?"

"What? No, why would he do that my lady?" He asked, still packing and cleaning a sword that had been in the dirt.

"Elendil doesn't like that you are teaching me to fight" I said sad, he have really never liked it.

"Lady Izirea. Stop acting like a little girl. If Lord Elendil didn't like it, he would never let it happen. We have done this for three years now and I will see you again. I promise" he said and I hugged him.

"Do you promise?" I asked. He was a good friend for me, I could tell him everything. I didn't have many friends here, even Elves are allies with humans here… People starting to doubt us because we are leaving Númenor.

"Have I ever not kept my promises?" He asked kissing my forehead.

"Well you promised me to keep this as a secret."

The old man laughed a small laugh. "I cannot keep things away from Lord Elendil, especially not when it comes to you."

"I don't understand why he cares about me. I am one of the elves, over half of this island is of humans. More than that even" I said.

"That is no reason for him to hate you my lady. Your mother was a good friend of the lord; even she took care of his sons. Speaking of his sons, why haven't you had contact with them on ten years?"

Ugh, don't speak about his sons. "Why should I? They are men and they are like twenty summers older than me, and I will just get in the way for them. They are like men who go into war and all that" I said. Alright, they aren't twenty summers older than me, just few years.

"You will find a man who has gone into war or will. We are not in a peaceful world my lady, and if I know you right you will also" he kissed my forehead again. "Be safe little one." He said on elven tongue.

"You too… Old man" the last part as a joke but I meant the first part. He smiled and left me alone. I turned around to see the ocean; I lived in Ròmenna, on the east coast. My mother came here for many years ago from Middle-earth before I was born. I have known Lord Elendil and his family since I was little. I walked back to the little forest before I came into the town.

"Lady Izirea, Lady Izirea" a maid called after me. She was a human. I sighed, I hate maids. They are always after one.

"Yes?" I turned to her.

"Lord Elendil wishes to speak to you" she said.

"Why?" I asked. I really didn't want to talk to him.

"Can't you just do what other says?" She asked, I sighed again and followed her to the house.

When I entered the hall I just remembered I had my sword in my belt. I looked around to see where I could hide it, but there was no place. Ah just forget it. There were statues of old kings and queens here, there was a little table and two maps on it. One of the maps was a map of Númenor, the other I could not recognize. Over the table stood three men, looking at the maps, Elendil was the oldest one and it was two way younger men. The maid bowed to the lord and walked out. One of the men looked curious on me as I had a sword in my belt.

"You are still sword fighting?" Elendil asked me, didn't even look at me.

"Yes, but now I have to do it on my own since you took my teacher away" I said, in a bit angry voice.

"Lady Izirea?" The younger of those two men asked.

"Ah yes, I am sure you three don't remember each other. You three haven't seen or talked on ten years. Izirea maybe you should say welcome back to Isildur and Anàrion" Elendil said. Do I have too?

"Of you two…" I said, not really care about them.

"Still have a sharp tongue, my lady" Anàrion said.

"And you are still a…" Elendil cut me off.

"I did not bring you all here to argue with each other, but since it is ten years since you last did when you were ten you can do it later." I rolled my eyes, you bet I will. Elendil looked at the map. "Do you recognize this map Izirea?" He asked me and pointed me to the map I didn't now.

"No I don't, should I?" I asked.

"Well yeah, when you were five you burned it. Claiming from one of your dreams that having contact with Middle-earth anymore will be a doomsday for us" Anàrion said and made a laugh.

"And I will still continue to ignore you" I said.

Elendil pointed to a place on the map called Lothlórien. "It is here your ancestors come from Izirea, these forests were your mother's home." Wow.

"Why are you telling me this?" I asked curious.

"One day we will take you there, back to Middle-earth. You did say one time that you wanted to see your mother and father's home" Elendil said.

"Can I leave with my sword teacher?" I asked, my eyes widened up as he could say yes.

"No, not yet. I want to prepare you for the trip, which is why I brought my sons back home. They are going to teach you how to fight" Elendil said. I want to kill him.

"What?" We all three said.

"Father please, don't make me do that. I don't want to teach a lady to fight. At least not a girl" Anàrion begged his father.

"I am not a lady… You… I can teach myself" I said.

"Why do none of you get along with each other? Well since you are so against it Anàrion, Isildur will do it. No comment!" The lord ordered and walked out fast so no one could say anything. Isildur was about to protest, but his father walked out too fast.

"Well you two have fun, I am going out to hunt" Anàrion said with an evil smile. I just looked at him and sighed. He then left me and Isildur there.

"We both know we will not enjoy this, you are the one with the benefits here. But one good thing will come out of the training" Isildur said coming closer to me. Yeah like what? "I am more of a gentleman than my brother and I am better looking" Isildur smiled and went for the door. "And you should have better weapons. Ever considering two swords like real elven people?" He shouts after me before leaving.

"God, why do you want to kill me?" I asked and looked up on the roof as I could see God.