-1Change of heart

Part two

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Silently he stood staring off at the forest in the distance. He was angry the task he had asked to be done was incomplete. He cleaned his sword and placed it back in its sheath. Near by lay the bodies of two dead men, his men. He turned around and faced the man behind him.

"This was a simple task yet these two fools seamed to complicate it a thousand times more. She is alive and now what, those stinking elves have found her. You told me they would be able to do this, you said they would have no problem with this. Yet here I am now faced with some how trying to get her from the elves. Do you think that, that will be easy, the elves will ask questions? Questions I have no answers for, and they say their queen is a witch. A witch that can read your mind, hear your very thoughts. Your men, your best choice for the job just gave her to the only people inch Middle-earth who can help her."

He turned to walk away and pulled his sward from its sheath and twirled around and quickly struck the man down. Anger flowed through him, he asked so little could not one person do this simple task. He disposed of the bodies and mounted his horse. He needed to find his brother and fill him in on all this.

Mad would not be the word to describe what his brother would be. He was doing something kind by putting down these men. When Methos heard this news he would kill just about everyone around him. He would give him the information, and then even he would get out of the way. Anger, Methos was filled with it. His hate could fill the mines of Moria. She interrupted his plan. She has to be their, had to see everything. She could put this plan to rest before they could even get it started.

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Rumli turned and looked back at the woman resting peacefully. Well he hoped she was resting peacefully. She looked like she was in pain, but he could not tell. Healing was something he was not experienced in. He let out a sigh and wondered to himself. Where was she from, and why was she alone? That was what bothered him the most. Had she been with other humans and attacked by orc's. He shook his head and cleared his mind; he looked up at the sky towards the stars. Peace, he felt peace such peace came from looking at them.

He heard a small sound, barely enough for even his sensitive ears to hear. He turned and stood looking around. His eyes came to rest on the small form of a woman sitting up and looking rather confused and scared.

He took a small step towards her and smiled. She saw him and stood rather quickly for someone who was hurt the way she was. Her eyes filled with fear and her expression was one he had never seen.

"Haldir get up the firieth is awake." Haldir closed his eyes and opened them looking towards where she was. He stood and walked over to her.

She turned looking at him even more distraught than she had looked at his brother. Why him he thought, he smiled if you could call it that and held out his hands in front of him.

"My lady my brothers and I found you in the meadow. Might I ask where your party of escorts is and as to why you were alone in our forest?"

She wore a blank expression and just stared at him.

"I shall ask you once more human where are the others traveling with you, and why are you in our forest?"

She kept staring at him, something he hated greatly. She did not look away from him or around him. She just stared right at him, as if she was trying to look through him.

"My patience is short woman answer me and do it now." He took a step towards her. She took a step back from his advance. Ok now he was getting angry, he was asking her something simple and he had yet to loose his temper. But he was getting close very close. Humans brought out the worst in him.

"Human, I am short tonight on forgiveness, I am not asking a question too difficult for you to understand. You do speak the common tongue do you not?" He asked raising his voice a little. She looked beyond scared and she started to step away from him glancing behind her. She paused staring at Rumli and than looking back at Haldir. She suddenly did not know where to go, she felt boxed in and cornered like a wild dog. Fear radiated from her, and all three elves could sense it.

"I am not going to ask you again woman answer me and do it now. Why are you in these woods and why are you alone."

She still gave no answer to him. He walked over to her quickly giving her no time to even try to escape.

"Firieth are you dumb, answer me when I ask you a question?" He was now on the verge of shouting. He reached out and took hold of her his hands on her shoulders. She tried to pull away making small grunting sounds as she did.

He really did not want to tighten his grip on her, she was hurt. Holding her tighter might hurt her once more. She despite the fact she was hurt tried harder to pull away from him. She squirmed and grunted trying to get away from him.

He jerked her close to him so his face was just an inch from hers.

"My patience is at its end Mortal, it would be wise not to anger me further. Who are you and why are you here." He was now yelling at her in her face.

Rumil watched and said nothing he was in shock. He knew his brother angered easily. But this was just not right. Maybe she was scared, did she realize her clothes were missing and she figured they had done something to her. He shuttered at that thought and took a step forward towards Haldir.

"Haldir she looks frightened and confused perhaps we should try a calmer way of addressing her."

Haldir shot him an anger filled glance that told Rumil to say no more. Haldir looked back at her she now had tears in her eyes with fear and confusion. Rumil took a step back looking for Orophin. Who this whole time had said nothing nor done nothing. He had just stood quietly off to the side out of her view.

"Orophin." Rumil called out to

Orophin walked over to them and stood behind the pair. Haldir was now shaking her and yelling at her. Suddenly her hand came from her side and slapped Haldir across his face. He let her go and placed his hand on his face anger filled eyes glaring at her. Never in all his days had any elf or human hit him.

He moved towards her when Rumil stepped in front of him holding his hands out in front of him.

"Haldir stop she is scared of us let her be."

Haldir paused and turned and looked at her and than at his brother. His eyes spoke volume and he did not need to say a thing to his brother. Rumil lowered his head and stepped aside.

Haldir closed the gap between him and the woman anger written across his face. He had been kind and thoughtful. He had, had enough of this and could take no more.

He was about to grab hold of her once more when Orophin stepped between them.

"Haldir think clearly for one moment. There is something wrong with this mortal beyond her fear."

Haldir looked at her studied her and looked at Orophin.

"I see nothing except a human female who has no intelligence brother. She is alone in the forest in the middle of a snowstorm, not dressed for it. And she refuses to answer any question I ask her. She is rude and foolish and I will not tolerate such rudeness from her."

"She is not being rude Haldir open your eyes brother and look beyond what you see for once." He turned towards Rumil.

"Rumil move behind her and talk to her and do it loudly."

"I will do no such thing."

"Do it Rumil just listen to my words please." Rumil waked behind her keeping to the shadows so she did not see him. He moves behind her and did as he was asked to.

"Why are you in our forest?" He yelled cringing as he did so.

She said nothing respond to not one word he said. He did it once more raising his voice just a little more. He stood shocked and speechless.

"Rumil clap your hands by her ear." Orophin requested

Rumil did so and took a step back from her his eyes wide with disbelief. Haldir froze and could not even think clearly this could not be so. He sighed and lowered his head in shame. He had yelled at her, grabbed hold of her and shook her. All in his state of anger, he figured she was ignoring him. The whole time he was thinking this his anger had clouded his mind and he could not see the truth. He turned away from her and walked away.

Orophin smiled and slowly walked towards her. He held a cup of water out for her, hoping she would take it. She looked at him and cautiously reached for it. He stood very still and said nothing but kept constant eye contact with her.

She took the cup and looked at it and quickly drank it. She looked back at him and than looked at the empty cup. She held it out to him and he smiled. He took the cup and gave her some bread and cheese. She sat down and tore into the food.

The three brothers now stood next to each other and stared at her in total disbelief.

"How can this be, tis not possible?"

"It is possible Rumil."

Haldir calmly walked over to her and smiled at her. She took a step back from him. He gave a nod and stood still letting her take her new environment in. He pointed to the plate she had in her hands and smiled. She looked down and back at him. She turned and walked over to Orophin and gave him the plate.

Hesmiledand reached out a hand to her. She took it never taking her eyes off of him. He walked over to where they had some food and water and sat hr down. He got more water and filled her plate once more. She looked up at him and smiled. He gave a nod and walked away going back over to where his brothers stood.

"This Human can not hear us brothers." Orophin stated, "We must be kind and try to be patient with her. And above all else get her to the Lady and Lord."

Haldir sighed things just went from bad to worse.