Ok, I hope your liking this, sorry it's short, it's for suspense.

I just wanted to point out that unless otherwise indicated, none of these conversations are in the ancient language.

Chapter Two

"Arya, are you sure we should be doing this?" Fäolin asked nervously.

"Of course, my mum's always trying to get me to learn new things all the time, I'm just doing what she wants" Arya replied, with all the force an eight year old can muster up, given the need.

"Ok then, but I'm still not sure this is a good idea" Fäolin said as he shivered, as he started to unlace his breeches.

"It is!" she insisted, even as she started to pull off her leggings, and then hurriedly pulled them back on as she heard the shout that had ruined all her wonderings, adventures and experiments her whole life.

"ARYA!" her mother shouted out, sounding closer than Arya thought was possible without her being in the tiny clearing.

"Quick, put your pants on" she hissed at Fäolin.

"I'm trying" he said as he tied the last knot. "Done!"

"Arya" came the cry again. "Where are you?"

"Over here mother" Arya yelled back. As her mother walked in, she ran up and gave her mother a quick hug then skittered back a few feet.

"What are you doing?" Islanzadi asked suspiciously.

"Nothing much, Fäolin and I were going to play hide and seek" she replied, using all of the innocence that little girls seem to be able to fake whenever it's required.

"Why only the two of you?" Islanzadi asked, wondering if she was supposed to be worried, then dismissed the thought at the sound of her daughter's tone of voice which had sounded so very real to her.

'None of the other elves wanted to play with us" Arya replied.

"Well, ok then, come along we have things to do Arya" Islanzadi replied. As she walked away her daughter followed, grumbling the whole way.

***

Later that night, after Arya had fallen asleep, Islanzadi met with one of her trusted advisers, and together they discussed the growing worry they both had about Arya and her different nature, to put it kindly.

Finally they stopped, having come to an agreement.

"It will be done, my queen" he bowed and left Islanzadi alone with her own thoughts.