Chapter 2: Enter the elvsies….

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Any way on with the chapter but first here to do the disclaimer my special guests Elladan and Elrohir….

Elladan: ETphonehome dose not own us or any of Tolkiens characters,

Elrohir: Thank the valar!!!!

Elladan: Be nice

Elrohir: "Growls"

On with the story……

The lord Elladan and his brother Elrohir the twin sons of Lord Elrond of Imladris were scouting in the forest around his home; his father had sent them and their teacher Glorfindel out to search for any sign of the hobbit Frodo who was expected any day. They were both of them intimidating specimens, trained warriors bristling with weapons and any enemy would think twice about attacking the pair as they made a formidable team in battle.

They were not however expecting to hear the sound of feminine screams ringing through the forest a little to the south of where they were riding.

They immediately changed course, heading in the same direction as the sound of screaming.

But the sight that met their eyes as they arrived in a small clearing was far different from anything they had expected.

Lying on the ground was a small female who appeared to be about 19 years of age, she had a delicately shaped face seeming almost elven. She had brown hair to her shoulders and was wearing what appeared to be a soft white shirt and a brightly dyed skirt that reached here ankles, she also appeared to have lost her shoes and she was quite obviously unconscious.

Now while it was not exactly common for the twins to find women unconscious in the forest, it was not the sleeping woman who caused them most confusion.

The truly remarkable sight that caused the pair to freeze in surprise was the pair of identical human girls hunched over her unconscious form shrieking for help and trying to wake her up.

The girls looked to be about 14, with long blonde hair and identical clothes, both wore strange dresses that only came to there knees over long sleeved white shirts, they wore a straw hat edged with a green ribbon on their heads and they both also wore white knee socks and black buckle school shoes.

Both seemed deeply distressed at the condition of the older woman and were so preoccupied with trying to revive her that they had not noticed their approach.

Elladan decided to speak first to announce their presence.

"My lady's what has happened here, is your companion injured?"

The girls gasped and turned towards him in unison and began to speak rapidly,

"Oh please help, Miss Evans said it was a bad idea to meet her but we did it anyway but then she came looking for us and got dragged along too and then Hui'Selde said she wanted one of our lives for bringing us here and we didn't want to die and then Miss Evans said that she could have her life instead and she threw green light at her and she fell and its all our fault and now she's dead and we don't want her to be dead!!!!"

All this was said completely in unison extremely fast and the distraught pair finished by bursting into tears and falling on each others shoulders sobbing.

Elladan was now concerned, from what he had gathered from the girl's garbled speech they had just had an unpleasant encounter with an agent of the dark lord Hui'Selde the dark daughter a she elf he had turned to his side during the last great war, She was rumored to have gained strange powers through her association with the dark and was said to steal the lives of mortals to fuel her spells.

And it would seem that this unfortunate woman had paid the price for the foolishness of these two children.

He shook his head and looked to his brother, Elrohir moved to the body to gather it up to be buried and Elladan went to explain to the girls that there was nothing left to do.

Suddenly he heard an exclamation from his brother's direction, both he and the two girls turned to see what the matter was.

"Elladan, she is alive!!"

"That's impossible; no one survives Hui'Selde's spells!!!"

"I only say what I see and this girl is alive, she has a fever like none I have ever encountered but she breathes still"

He paused suddenly and seemed to look more closely at the young woman and said quietly,

"Elladan this woman is not human, she is an elf!!"

At this the twin girls spoke up,

"That's impossible" said one.

"She's as human as me and my sister, there's no way she's an elf"

Elrohir's voice was firm as he replied,

"Whatever she was she is an elf now and if we don't get her to Adar quickly it will not matter because she will simply be dead."

Elladan nodded decisively,

"You take her on ahead to Adar and I will follow with these two, go quickly every moment may count"

Elrohir nodded back and remounted his horse with the unconscious girl in front of him and started of straight for Imladris at speed.

Elladan turned once again to face the two girls who were huddled together for comfort in the middle of the clearing simply staring up at him.

It was a little unnerving to have those identical faces staring at him waiting for the solutions to all their problems.

He was beginning to understand how his Adar felt sometimes when he and his brother ganged up on him.

Finally he spoke gently to them,

"If you will let me I will place you both on my horse here and lead you to my home where you will be able to have food and rest and learn of the health of your companion."

The energy seemed to have left the girls when Elrohir rode away with their older companion and they were quiet and subdued as he lifted them onto the waiting bay and started towards Imladris.

He made quiet small talk with the children as they walked and managed to learn that their names were Sarah and Rachel and that the name of their companion was Alicia but that they called her Miss Evans because she was one of their many teachers and their favorite.

The topic reminded them of their absent companion and they soon lapsed into silence again in worry for their friend.

Elladan wondered what great lord's daughters they must be to be able to afford a large number of hired teachers.

Both parties were deep in their own thoughts as they entered the gates of Imladris, the girls seemed exhausted from the stress of the day and were almost asleep as Elladan handed them over to a servant to be taken to guest rooms to be put to bed.

After making sure they were cared for he went in search of his brother and father to find out if they had any answers about the mystery woman.

Including how she had managed to change from mortal to elf and survive an attack from Hui'Selde.

It promised to be an interesting night.!!