Chapter three:

Eleniel ran outside, not even bother to change out of her sleeping clothes. She ran so fast that she felt her breath come out in short gasps. Eleniel whistled and hoped for an answer. She heard another neigh and suddenly she could see the black horse gallop to her. "Rauko!" she said when he stopped in front of here and laid his head on her shoulder. Rauko shuddered and tried to eat Eleniel's hair. "Stop it!" she said smiling. He shuddered again and Eleniel laughed. "Where have you been, honey?" she asked silently. Rauko neighed again. "Really?" Eleniel said and laughed. "That's great!" She hugged him and looked into Rauko's deep brown eyes. "Yes, let us go somewhere!"

The young Rauko pranced. "Get that horse before he injures someone!" the elf screamed. Elrond looked at the foal, who whined and pranced again. "Take the rope! Get it around his neck!" another one said. "We have to get rid of him, Master Elrond! We can't tame him! He will injure someone!" Elrond was beginning to get mad. "Get that horse out of my face! He is going out of Rivendell!" he screamed and four more elves came to help. "Ada! STOP IT!" Eleniel said, and everyone stopped and looked from Eleniel to Elrond. "I want to make this foal a deal. If I can tame it, can I keep it?" Eleniel said and looked at her father. "Princess, don't do this. This foal is dangerous" one of the maids whispered. "Eleniel, you know that this horse is one of the Mearas. They are wild of nature, and to take responsibility for one of them is something not to be taken lightly" Elrond said doubting. "I know ada, but I really want to do this. I need to do this" Eleniel said and she didn't even take her eyes of her father. "Let the foal go, Eleniel is in charge of taming that animal" Elrond said and everyone left the lawn and the young girl and the foal left alone.

I remember it like it was yesterday, Eleniel thought. "We did well, didn't we?" Eleniel said as she climbed up on Rauko's back. "Let us get the hell out of here!" she whispered into the stallion's ear. He galloped over the hills and though the forest. Rauko jumped over a small bush and ran around a tree, just before he ran through a small river. Eleniel could feel how Rauko moved and could feel every step to the ground. "Where are we going?" Eleniel asked the horse. Eleniel laughed, she didn't even know why she bothered to ask, he wasn't going to answer after all. He never did.


The pain was overwhelming. Her whole arm was in pain, she couldn't help herself and screamed out. "You stupid horse! You stupid, stupid horse!" she spit out. The foal had bitten her arm when she watched the other elves walking away, shaking their heads. After biting her, he had been running 3 meters away from her, and now he was making a noise that sounded like laughter. "Yeah, you just laugh" she said. She sat down at the lawn with an apple in her hands. "I want to call you Rauko! That means devil, a small devil" she said satisfied. "Come here, boy!" she called. The foal looked at her and shuddered. Eleniel smiled and found a flute. "This is a gift from Haldir and Lindir, they are my friends" Eleniel smiled childishly and started to play a song. The foal tilted its head and walked a little closer. Eleniel kept her eyes into Rauko's while she was playing.
On the balcony her father was standing alone.
His face lightens up by a playful smile on his lips.

Behind her she could see the Misty Mountains almost disappear, and on right side the forest named Trollshawes. She knew, after many years studying maps with Elladan and Elrohir, that they were headed for the last bridge and the great east road. "Rauko, we can't leave, we can't cross the last bridge" Eleniel whispered into his ear. Rauko seemed to understand, because turned to the right and galloped into the forest. After a little while they stopped. Eleniel jumped off, knowing that Rauko wasn't about to run anytime soon. She looked around and recognized the place, the same place that she and Rauko found on their first ran together. "Look Rauko, Bilbo's trolls" Eleniel laughed and laid a hand of the stallions shoulder. "Remember how they turned to stone?" Eleniel asked and started to walk, towards Rivendell. "Yeah that's right" she laughed. "They used to much time on deciding how to eat them" They continued walking for a while before Eleniel laughed again and asked "What if they woke up now?" Rauko started to walk quicker. "Hey, relax, they won't wake up" she smiled.

Eleniel and Rauko walked home side by side. By the time they got back to Rivendell the sun was already shining. Eleniel was singing and Rauko listening, they could both see that the elves had awakened already. "Rauko, remember, not many here will be happy to see you, so please, take it easy. And just so you know, Erestor is my babysitter now, my father's orders" Eleniel laughed as they came closer to Rivendell.

In the meanwhile inside Elrond's chamber. "Where IS SHE?" he screamed to Erestor and three other elves. "I am sorry master, she is not anywhere" Erestor answered. "SO FIND HER!" he screamed and the four elves disappeared. Glorfindel came into the room. "Don't blame them, you know as well as me that your daughter is capable of getting out of anywhere" he said and bowed to his master. Elrond sighted. Glorfindel smiled and walked out of the room and over to Elladan and Elrohir. "Let's go and find your sister, before Erestor does"

"Eleniel!" the elves shouted. Eleniel and Rauko ran past the elves and into the old playground. She walked over to the swing and sat down on it. Eleniel smiled to herself, she wasn't about to answer anytime soon. "You know that the others are looking for you, right?" a voice behind her said. Eleniel looked over to the voices owner. "Bilbo Baggins" Eleniel laughed and walked over to the short man sitting on the bench behind her. "Princess" he smiled and kissed her on the cheek.