Please note: most characters are not ones that I've made up so please take that into account when reading.

*Elvish terms see bottom of reading.

Life of a young Shadow.

Chapter 1: Ada where are you?

"Neth, I would like to speak to you alone." Uncle Findecano said as he led my mother into a room.

I allowed my curiosity to get the best of me so I followed. Although Ada always says that my curiosity will bring me nothing but trouble. I pressed my ear against the door and heard shouting.

"Merenwen, why did you marry the scum whose name is Haldir?" it was my uncles voice that I heard.

I opened the just enough to allow myself to slip through unnoticed and I hid behind a plant.

"Because I love him Findecano and he is not scum." I heard my mother retort and I smiled at how she stood up to him with ease.

"Just leave him. Wa-"

"How can I leave? I have 27 children that would be utterly destroyed if I just upped and left."

"Yes you can and you will, Merenwen one way or another you will leave them behind." I heard the ever to familiar sound of a knife being pulled out of its sheath.

I couldn't take it anymore so I stood up ready to fight him with my bare hands and I watched helplessly as he stabbed my mother once, twice, and thrice before I regained control of myself and wrenched the knife away from him and threw it out the window, shouting at him to leave her alone.

He grabbed me by my neck and flung me across the room. He produced a knife from his right boot and walked over to me. I was grabbed and roughly shoved against the wall.

"If any word of what happened here gets out I will make sure that they dint believe a word that you say!" he hissed into my ear as the perfectly sharpened blade slashed my face.

"NO GET AWAY FROM ME FOUL MONSTER!" I shouted as I bolted awake.

"*Huh* it's been a month since Emel was murdered but I can still see her pale face, feel her cold hands and face, and see the light that was her life wink out before me as if she was nothing but a candle. These nightmares are a constant reminder that life can be short and burn for a few thousand years or last till the end of Middle-Earth." I said to myself as I walked out onto my balcony. "Hello old friend, it seems that I find myself spending too many a sleepless night out here with you, moon."

A flash of green caught my eye on the ground below. That's probably my brother but a shadow can never be too careful with his or her charge. (A shadow is an elf bound an oath to protect one person with their life.)I got ready to jump down and investigate when a blue feathered arrow with a note attached to it embedded itself in my already abused door frame.

I read the note already knowing who it was from: Meet me by the gate at sunrise. Ada.

Sunrise wouldn't be for another 5 hours I could find something to do in that period of time. At that moment the door to my room burst open and a very flustered Legolas appeared and said, "Kalita are you okay?"

"Yes I'm fine I think."

"You think?"

"I'm fine. Hey let's play a game I'm bored out of my mind."

"Sure." Came a chorus of voices each one trying to be heard over the other.

"Legolas how many people are with you?"

"Oh there's Elrond, Celeborn, Galadriel, Gandalf, Arwen, and myself."

"6 people huh."

"7 if you count a certain 33-year old elf named Kalita."

"Yeah but whose older?"

"You are but only by 5 minutes." Legolas said with a slight pout.

"What's that supposed to mean?" inquired Elrond as everyone flooded into my room.

"We were born on the same day just 5 minutes apart."

"Okay. So what are we going to play?" asked Celeborn.

"Hmmmmmmm…" I mused with a false thoughtful look on my face.

"Uh-oh I don't like that look at all."

"How about truth or dare?"

A symphony of 'aww's, ughs, and why me's' hit my ears and I smiled my evil smile that everyone knows as my prepare to be humiliated beyond belief look.

"Oh Gandalf truth or dare?"

"Truth." Gandalf replied hesitantly.

"Hmmmm is it true that you once had feelings for Galadriel?"

Gandalf looked absolutely embarrassed as he said "Um ye- no."

"You can't lie in a truth Gandalf." Celeborn said. "Go on I'm curious as to what the real answer is."

"Yes the answer is yes." Gandalf said going as red as a tomato.

Everyone had shocked looks on their faces except for Galadriel who knew about this and Celeborn who was desperately trying not to walk over and whap Gandalf upside the head.

"Elrond truth or dare?" Gandalf said all to ready to sic the group on someone else.

"I chose dare." Elrond replied hesitantly like he knew he was going to regret this.

"I dare you to…"

neth=sister, ada=daddy,adar=father,emel=mother

Bl10367: If you have any suggestions for truths or dares do let me know.

Thanks. Catch you next time.