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Chapter Two


Warnings….


The next morning Aragorn had to get up very early. He woke up and looked around. The first thing he saw was Arwen, curled up beside him, resting her head against his chest. He gently stroke her hair and kissed her forehead, causing her to wake up. "Good morning, meleth nin, " he said with a smile, "I am sorry to have woken you, but I have to get up." Arwen smiled too and gave him a gentle kiss. Then she got out of bed and put on her dress. Aragorn changed into his ranger tunic, feeling sad to leave his beautiful Elven clothes….

After a quick breakfast, he got his stuff and went to Arwen and Elrond to say goodbye. Elrond told him again what his task was and that it was important not to fail. During Elronds' speech, Arwen stood beside him and hugged him. When Elrond went away to give them some privacy, she turned to him and kissed him for the last time in a long period...
"Goodbye meleth nin," she said " good luck with your task. And remember what I've told you. When you are in trouble, remember my words. It all will work out just fine, I promise. Just go now, for waiting any longer will cause us both pain" And with that she turned around and left the room.
Aragorn wandered around in Rivendell a bit longer, having trouble to leave his home. But then, with a last look to his bedroom where he'd know Arwen would be, he left Rivendell and headed for Mirkwood...

That was now 2 weeks ago and he started missing Arwen more and more every day. But he knew he had to go to king Thranduil, so he tried not to think about it that much, hoping the missing would fade a bit. But how hard he tried not to think about her, she kept creeping back into his mind and every time he heard their conversations again and he saw her beautifully shaped face in front of him, as if she was with him at that moment. When he needn't to be at his sharpest, when he could walk without having to watch carefully at the scenery around him, looking for danger, his thoughts went back to the last time he saw Arwen.
But though he knew he had to be on his guard in Mirkwood, the beautiful weather and the warmth of the sun made him dream away....


Suddenly, a soft noise snapped him out of his thoughts. Aragorn looked around for any living beings approaching him, because it had sounded as the breaking of a little branch under one's foot. He looked around to see were his wandering in thoughts had led him. He stood in the grass of one of the very rare clearings in Mirkwood Forest. But just like everything else in Mirkwood these days, the clearing had nothing friendly. On one side there were lots of dark trees, you could almost feel the anger and pain radiating from within the trees. The trees grew close to each other, almost looking like it was one tree, which had grown in both length, and height, creating a dangerous environment for those it wanted to harm. Anyway, because of the huge trees clinging together, there was no way to get past the trees to the next part of the forest.
On the right to the trees, a small hill rose into the air, covered with bushes and plants with thorns. The rest of the small clearing was surrounded by normal trees, like the ones that you could find in every forest in Middle-Earth, therefore creating a natural trap.


Aragorn could see nothing around him, nor did he hear anything anymore. But the sense for danger a good Ranger always develops, told him he had to be careful.
Very, very careful...

TBC


Because of the long time it took me to be able to post this chapter (Computer breakdown), the third chapter will be posted very shortly after this one.
Please review after reading this chapter.