Wandering through these halls, climbing these neverending staircases and adventuring different paths she still found after all these years through their realm and just marveling at its entire beauty was always her favorite thing to do even during the day but especially during the night when she found no rest at her husband's side.
She loved the stars and the moon, and on her various expeditions throughout the wondrous Palace, that was and has been her home for a few thousand years now, she often found herself climbing higher vrry time trying to see them.
So this night was no different than any other that she couldn't sleep.
After wandering the halls for a little while she quickly and soundlessly made her way to her favorite place in the entire Mirkwood realm.
It was just a small round meadow with wild flowers everywhere and a little pond in the middle of it all.
Even in the dark wehn everything was just a mist of different shades of grey she adored this place like no other.
She could hear every little sound that came from the pond and its surroundings with her sensitive elven ears and that she eas glad for, for she didn't want to miss a single sound this place had to offer her.
Taurendir's garden, this is what evryboy called this place.
It was her mother's name that was now acquainted with this meadow and its beauty, for she also loved this place and came to visit it quite often before the Valar took her away from this earth.
Laerwen stood in the little entrance way to the garden and just listened with her eyes closed.
Sometimes when she was lucky and stood at the right place at the right time the wind carried her mother's voice to her and she could hear her sing but this time it was quiet with no wind carrying any voices.
This ist where she found her peace and quiet after a long day.
After a long while she opened her eyes and began to slowly walk to the pond in the middle and kneeled in front of it.
She slightly dipped her fingertips into the water and observed how the water moved and made little circles underneath her fingers that got bigger and bigger with each wave until the got so big that they started to fade into oblivion so that she couldn't make them out anymore.
She withdrew her fingers and with a slight smile on her face looked up into the night.
The moon was exeptionally bright this night as if he was exited for some reason Laerwen couldn't explain.
The stars shone within her eyes and sparkled like no other jewel or treasure hidden underneath this Palace.
She was surprised at how this sight could still amaze her even after all these years.
She was so fixated on the beatiful night sky that she didn't even hear someone's approaching footsteps until they were almost behind her.
Laerwen smiled even further into the night because she knew those footsteps by heart , she could tell exactly to whom they belong to and why they were there in her favorite meadow.
The footsteps stopped right behind her and a hand came down upon her shoulder and first went up to her neck and then to her cheek wherr it stayed.
Her own hand came up to hold his hand to her face and she closed her eyes a second time that night.
She loved the feeling his touch made on her skin every single time.
"I knew i would find you here." He almost whispered the words as not to disturb this peaceful place.
"And i knew you would come to find me here." She replied wih a now apparent radient smile on her face.
"I couldn't find any rest so i came here to find some peace and quiet. The stars are exeptionally bright tonight so maybe that's why i couldn't sleep."
She answered his unspoken question and rose out of her kneeling position facing him with his hand still on her cheek.
He stroked her cheek with his thumb and said:" Come back to our bedchambers with me Laerwen. You know how anxious i get when you aren't with me during he night."
She slightly kissed the inside of his palm and with a smile on her lips took his hand and walked the branching corridors and ancient staircases with him without any sound until hey reached a heavy looking oak door which she opened without such as a squeak and led him inside their bedchambers.
She closed the door and said:" Don't be anxious anymore Thranduil, you know i feel the same. But i couldn't help myself. The night was calling to me and you saw it yourself, something is lurking beneath the brightness of stars and i can't help but wonder what it is that disturbes the night these days."
Laerwen walked towards her husband who now had a scowl on his face, took his hands in hers and led him over towards their bed, which looked as if someone had already slept in but had woken up to find himself alone.
She found it endearing that he went to find her.
They both went to sit on the bed facing each other.
"I know Laerwen. I feel what you feel. There are strange things already happening in our forest and the wilderness outside of our lands.
But i can't see what it is that makes the animals leave the forest.
It is as if a misty cloud settles over my eyes every time i try to look at it" he whispered, the scowl seemed to deepen on his face.
Laerwen lifted her hand to his face and said:" We have to find out what it is that is clouding our vision but for right now i don't want to worry about that.
Please rest with me Thranduil, for i fear that we will both need it in the upcoming days."
The scowl on Thranduil's face vanished in an instant and was replaced with a gentleness that he only reserved for her.
"Alright my Queen. Let the worries of today be in the past for it is only you and i tonight. Tomorrow shall be another day to worry about mightier things but we shall face them together and this is all that i care about right now.
Let us rest now in each other's arms.." He ended his sentence with a soft kiss upon her lips.
And without anything further said between them they went into their bed and fell asleep in each other's arms but both with an inkling that this strange feeling was just the beginning of even stranger things to come.

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Sooooo here is the first Chapter oft my new Fanfic.
Please let me know what you think?! If you have an comments or thoughts that you want to share with me, feel free to do so. I'm open for anything.
I only know what i want to read and i want to try my best to make it as good as possible.
There will be a new chapter every week. This is also rated M for a reason, i don't know where i'm going with this story yet. I got lots oft ideas :)
Oh, and i also don't own these Charakters i only own Laerwen, she is totally mine :)
Till the next chapter, BYE.