The sun created a patchwork pattern on the ground in the few place it could gain entrance through the dense canopy of leaves. Nothing moved with in the woods, saved the wind and the birds. A surreal calm permeated from this place, until a lone figure burst into the clearing. She paused only for a moment to notch an arrow and fire, then was gone again. Disappearing into the woods as if they had never been, for she had left no sign of her presence.
Moving swiftly, yet silently among the trees, she made her way toward the river and the promise of safety that lay on the far side. Adrianna turned sharply to study the forest behind her, although it appeared peaceful she knew of the danger that lurked with in. Several Uruk-hai had trailed her into Lorien.
Where were those infamous wardens? Why haven't they done something? She thought as she drew an arrow from her quiver and set it to the string of her bow.
"I would reconsider that action if I were you." A deep voice said from behind her. Adrianna couldn't help but notice that the voice also held just a hint of amusement in it.
"So is this how you treat your guess Haldir?" She asked as she peered out from under the hood of her cloak at the elves around her. "Or is it just me?"
"Not all, Adrianna." The blonde elf replied as he reached out and pulled her hood back. "Since you seem to like playing at being Mortal you shall be treated like one. Rumil, please bind her hands and blind fold her."
"You wouldn't dare!" Adrianna snapped as Rumil stepped forward.
Haldir smirked as he lifted an eye brow at her. "Wouldn't I?"
"You can be must annoying when you want Haldir." She said as she held her bow out to Rumil, then waited patently for him to bind her hands. "Well?"
"I apologize for this Adrianna." Rumil said as he bound her hands.
"Never apologize, Rumil." Haldir said. "It's a sign of weakness."
The younger elf had to hide a smile as Adrianna mimicked Haldir's words. "Behave Adi; we don't need a repeat of what happened the last time you were here. It took me weeks to get the honey and feathers out of my hair."
"It was meant for Haldir and you know it," She replied as she shrugged her shoulders. "You just got in the way. Besides I had to get even for the spiders."
"You should never have told him that you fear them so." He replied as he slipped the blind fold over her eyes. "This way."
"I know the way Rumil." She said as she pulled away. "I was born here after all."
"Something you wouldn't know by how you act." Haldir replied.
"Not all of us can be as annoying as you." She answered as she glared in his general direction. "Nor can we be as self-centered."
"No," He said as he took her by the arm and led her down the path. "And not all of us can turn our backs on who we are either."
"I know who I am." Adrianna snapped as she jerked her arm free. "And I thank you for not throwing it in my face this time around."
"I apologized for that once, Adrianna. I will not do so again." He replied as he gripped her arm again. "Do not think for one moment that I would not delight in reminding you of the humiliation that you caused me the last time."
For a moment, something a kin to regret flashes across her pale features, but then it is quickly replaced. Haldir sighs as he watches the impersonal mask that she hides behind drops back into place. Adrianna may be one of the best Rangers he had ever met, but she had been an even better warden. Only if she hadn't turned her back on her elven heritage to follow in her father's footsteps.

Chapter Two:

Caras Galadhon was every thing that she had remembered. The glow from the city could be seen only if you stood at the base of the Mellorn trees and look straight up. But she could feel the change in the air as they drew closer, an almost tangible magic permeated from the trees themselves. Until now she hadn't realized just how much she had missed this place and her people. How could she have thought that she would have found such grace with her father's people? While Men had their good points, they would never have the grace Elves did.
"Welcome home, Adrianna." Haldir said as he slipped off her blind fold.
She stood there for a moment, letting her eyes readjust to the muted light that filtered through the leafy canopy over head. A single tear escaped her pale grey eyes, unnoticed, it trailed down her check until it was intercepted by Haldir's finger.
"Tears of joy?" He asked as he moved to stand in front of her. "Or are they tears of longing?"
She smiled sadly at him. "Both, I guess. I'm not sure any more."
"Come, they are waiting." Haldir said as he gestured at a particular stair case.
Adrianna knew who he had meant and knew that she would have to inform them of the reason behind her presence in Lorien, but she hesitated. She had tried once before to warn them of the change that was coming but they had turned a deaf ear to her. It had been this action that had caused her to turn her back on them and Lorien. In doing so she had also turned her back on Haldir, the only person she had ever loved.
"You still fear them." Haldir said as he glanced at her.
"I never feared them," She replied. "I hate them."
"You do not mean that." He said as he moved to stand in front of her.

"I mean it with every fiber in my being. They refused to believe me when I warned them about the Ring." Adrianna said as she gestured around her. "And now, now it is on its way here."
Haldir could see the anger flashing in her grey eyes, making them dark and almost sinister. It was then that he realized that was what he missed, her anger. Adrianna could be unmovable as the mountain in her beliefs, but when angered she was a force of nature, taking on anything in her path. It was that combination of unwavering loyalty and anger that had made her his second in command. Unfortunately, it had been her anger that drove her from Lorien.
Bitter regret filled him as he thought about the night she had left. He and his brothers had just returned from patrol just in time to see her ride out of the woods. When he had asked the Lord and Lady why she had left, they had avoided answering him. Months would pass before he was to learn the reason behind her departure. Haldir shook his head, clearing it of the memories he didn't want to remember the long nights he had watched the woods wondering where she was and what she was doing and if she would ever return to him one day.
"Come." He said as he once more gestured at the stairs.
Galadriel sighed as she smoothed a wrinkle out of her gown, the images she had seen in her mirror that morning still troubled her. Adrianna's departure had been as inevitable as her return. With her departure, she had set a series of events in motion that could only stop with her return to the wardens. Knowing that she could not interfere with the destiny of Haldir and Adrianna did little to comfort her, but knowing that they would face what lay ahead together did.
"She is here." Celeborn said as he approached his wife. "Will you tell them the truth this time?"
Slowly, Galadriel lifted her gaze to meet his. "The truth will be what they make of it."
"And if she does not go with him?" The Lord of Lorien asked.
"Then Haldir will die." Galadriel replied.

Adrianna could feel her apprehension grow with every step she took. Though she was almost three thousand years old, she still felt like a child when she was in their presence. In away, she supposed, she was they were after far older than she would ever be. Childish or not, she would deliver the message Elrond had given her and then she would leave this place. The new out of the West was not good and the Rangers had become determined to find Aragorn, lending him their aid. One way or another she would be there with them when that happened.