~*~ Friends & Lovers ~*~

A/N: Ch. 4 is here at last. This chapter may be kinda confusing but you'll catch on I promise! This writing thing is harder then it sounds. *sigh* Plz. Read & Review!! Anyway on with the fic!

Disclaimer: Yes a disclaimer! You know what that means; I'm adding a new character. Daxter! Daxter is property of the creators of Jack and Daxter. (in his orange form) Anyway, I do not own him or any LOTR characters.

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1 ~*~ Chapter 4: Emily's Origin ~*~

Emily was quietly eating when she glanced over at Amber. She had a strange look on her face. 'What is she looking at?' Emily thought quietly to herself. She followed Amber's gaze and smirked evilly. She was watching Legolas like a lovesick puppy. But the surprise was that he was doing the same thing. Emily sat very confused for a moment. They were looking each other but they didn't notice the other watching them? Finally Emily came up with a very evil plan. She laughed inwardly to herself.

Music started filling the hall and people started dancing. "Amber," Emily started. "I'm going to go tell Legolas that you want to sleep with him okay?" Amber, too lost in her own thoughts, merely nodded. Emily jumped up from the table and started to make her way towards the young prince. Amber suddenly realized what she had said also jumped up from the table. 'No! I can't let her get to him!' Amber thought to herself, panic stricken. She ran after Emily. She watched as she approached his table smirking wickedly. Amber ran as fast as her legs would allow her. Emily was just about to start talking when a hand reached up around her mouth. "She has nothing to tell you!" Amber told them. She laughed a little nervously and dragged Emily away from the table.

The others watched as she was pulled away, they were all quite confused. When she had pulled her out of view Amber stopped. She only let go of her mouth when she felt sharp teeth dig into her skin. "Ouch!" she yelped in pain. Luckily the bite mark wasn't bleeding. "What are you some crazed Chihuahua?!" Emily broke into a fit of laughter. "You should have seen your face while you were eating!!" she gasped as fits of laughter overtook her repeatedly. She wiped a tear out of her eye as she regained control of herself. "How could you do that?" Amber asked. "It was an opportunity I couldn't ignore if I wanted to. Not that I did." Emily pointed out. "Besides, I wasn't really going to tell him that. I was just going to say that you requested a dance with him!" the younger girl explained.

"Dance?" Amber said softly to herself. "I got it! I know who you have to dance with!" Amber said. "Oh, yeah. I forgot about that." Emily stated to no one in particular. "Wait here!" Amber commanded as she disappeared into the crowd. She did not return, instead she watched as Damien approached her. He stopped directly in front of her. 'He's taller from this point of view.' Emily thought as she looked up at him. "Yes?" she asked politely. He looked at her for a short moment before asking, "Would you like to dance?" She was momentarily shocked that he had asked. She smiled lightly as she looked up at his face; he thought she would reject him. "Alright!" she replied, though secretly plotting how she would pay Amber back. "You will?!" he asked amazed at his luck. She nodded and giggled quietly at his reaction. She took the hand he offered her and they made their way to the dance floor.

They twirled gracefully to a simple waltz. Emily was concentrating very hard on three things; correct stepping, not leading, and not falling for Damien. Her concentration must have shown on her face for Damien finally spoke. "You seem in very deep concentration milady. Is anything the matter?" he asked her. She looked up and smiled. "Yes, I would appreciate it if you would please call me Emily. The other thing, quite frankly I find waltzing a lot more trouble than it's worth. Besides, most of the men I've ever danced with couldn't even lead." Damien chuckled at her remarks. "You're a very good dancer." He stated. Emily blushed lightly at this remark. "Thank you my Lord." She replied, trying not to make eye contact. "Damien, not my lord, Damien. I've always found any other title to be quite annoying." He explained. Emily smiled broadly at this. Most princes refused to be called anything but their extra titles. She was happy she found someone who didn't seem so stuck up. She decided maybe she should thank Amber instead.

They continued to dance in silence, neither of them sure what to say next. Damien was quite content to hold her in his arms, but all too soon the song ended. He leaned down and kissed her hand gently, causing her to blush again. She gave a slight bow and excused herself. She had spotted something near the door that was supposed to be up in her room. She walked quickly passed Amber and Legolas as they were dancing. They both watched her walk towards the door. "Is she alright?" Legolas asked Amber. "I don't know I better go check on her. Excuse me." Amber stated. "Okay, but I expect another dance when you get back." He told her as he kissed her hand lightly. With that Amber followed Emily towards the door.

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Emily exited the ballroom just in time to see a streak of orange run up the stairs. She ran up the stairs after the orange streak. Amber followed Emily; unaware of what Emily was following. Emily grabbed the door handle before it closed and entered her room, letting the door slam behind her. "Daxter!" she hissed at the orange figure that had ducked under her bed for cover. "Come out here this instant!" She commanded. Daxter was an orange creature that resembled a cross between a squirrel and fox. He had a bushy orange tail with a white tip. He had two legs and two hand like thingy's (sorry I don't know what to call 'um, besides if you've ever seen Jack and Daxter you know what I'm talking about.) He looked up at her, "Um…sorry?" he asked, afraid of her going off on him.



Emily sighed at her friend. "Don't do that anymore okay? You could have been seen." Daxter let out the breath he had been unconsciously holding, he was glad she wasn't upset. Daxter had been with Emily since she was 3 years old. He acted as a bodyguard and friend towards her, though acting as a stuffed toy when others were nearby. Emily had grown up living a false life. The parents she had loved and cared for all her life were not actually her birth parents. She had really been born on the planet Lin, located light years away in the solar system of Devious. Though she was born on another planet she was still a pure blooded elf. Lin was inhabited by water elves, thus being why she looked so much different then the other elves in middle earth.

She was born into the royal family of Lin. Her mother was Queen Aurora and her father was King Nathaniel. Emily had been sent to middle-earth to destroy the ring left to her by her mother. Like the one ring of power this one was made to keep humanity at balance. Of course it was just as evil and powerful as the dark lord's ring. When she arrived on earth her foster parents took her in and raised her as her own. They had planned on telling her the truth when she got older but they did not survive the attack of the orcs on her village. Daxter, whom had been with Emily during the attack, had explained everything when she was 16. She had already planned on setting out to destroy the ring when she reached 19.

Emily had not told anybody, including Amber, about Daxter or the ring. This was something she felt she needed to learn to deal with on her own. But even now, she wondered why she had been sent to earth so young instead of after she understood her mission. She started bustling around her room readying herself for work. Tonight she was working, yet again the graveyard shift. This didn't bother her any though, since the club didn't really liven up until ten.

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A/N: Well, we learn new things every chapter don't we? Okay, so a lot of you think this is to fairytaleish? To bad! It's my fic and this all comes to me by daydreaming when I should be listening to my teachers. Anyhow, hope you enjoyed it anyway. Now PLEASE! R&R!!!!! Later ~*~

~*~ Shadow Angel ~*~