Change Of Heart

Part Four

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Her doe like eyes stared into his and he could not help the wave of pain that crossed through him. She knew she was in pain and knew about the wound he could tell by her expressions. But did she know what he needed to do to help her. He smiled and knelt down in front of her She looked at him and gave him a nod; she made a face and then looked down at her leg. She pulled the cloak up on her self higher and reached under it. He had to hide the smile he had, she gave him and nod to let him know she was ready.

This part was the part he was not going to like. How Haldir had done it he was not sure. He was proper and it made him feel strange. He pushed up the cloak just enough to see the wound and treat it. He could not help blushing as he did so. He was looking at her inner thigh. This was something he had never done, not even to the females of his kind. He had never courted an elleth before. He wiped the blood away and cleaned it with the ointment and dressed it. She looked at him and he saw the pain in her eyes. He stood and sighed; this had been a bad idea. They should have taken their time in traveling to the city, and she should not have been on a horse.

"She is in pain this was a bad idea, we need to take her to the old hunting Talan. She needs rest not to be on a horse for hours at a time."

"No we need to get to the city, we have no way to care for her much less commutate with her. No, we will continue to the city."

"Haldir this is not about you or not being able to commutate with her this is about a human who is in pain and scared." Orophin raised his voice a little.

"Do not raise your voice at me Orophin I may be your brother but I am still your commanding officer. And if you take that tone with me once more you will pay for it."

"Will you grab me and shake me as well or do something else dear brother. She needs rest and care. What will a day or so make, the Lady knows she is here. The Lady knows all who come in these woods. So a day will not matter and as far as rising my voice perhaps this is the only way to get things through that thick head you have."

"Orophin you will do as I say like it or not." Haldir yelled fiercely.

"Stop both of you." Rumil yelled and pointed to a frightened woman backing away from the two brothers. She looked at them both a shook her head. She suddenly turned and darted away from the three.

"Are you happy." Orophin yelled "You just sent a helpless woman running towards a place we saw orc's days ago, a woman who would not even hear them if they were their." He took off after her knowing he would be able to catch her before she could get into trouble.

Haldir sighed and took off in the same direction Orophin went. Rumil stood and slowly sank to the ground. He closed his eyes and sighed. Haldir was so much like their father. In every way the elf that had died protecting them was still alive. His cold, cruel, life like ways were still alive with in his son. Haldir had become what he had never wanted to become.

Rumil stood and glanced around he gathered the horses and went to find his brothers. He hoped one day his eldest brother would change and some how he would find a heart.

Orophin slowly approached her; he held his hands out in front of himself in hopes she would see he wanted to help. She shook her head and backed away. He paused and smiled holding a single hand out and pointed above her she looked up and saw nothing. But he knew she would not, her eyes could not see the talan above her. He moved a step closer and reached out for her once more.

She was about to reach for his hand when she paused and stepped backwards her face falling into a deep concern. Orophin sighed and turned.

"Go away Haldir let me at least try to get her to come back with me."

"I will not, she will come back with us. There is no choice in this matter, she will be brought to the Lady." Haldir raised his voice a little. He was now beyond tired and could care less what Orophin thought. He was in charge and after they got to the city Orophin would pay greatly for his defiance.

"Please Haldir let me try to calm her and perhaps I can get her to go up into the Talan."

"There is no need for that I already told you we are taking her to the city. Now get that woman on a horse Orophin before I do it myself." He yelled and turned to walk away. He paused and cringed as well as Orophin. The two lowered their heads and held them their. They looked like small children to the woman whould stood watchin. They looked like they were being scolded by their mother.

"You will stop this and stop it now. Your tempers I will neither tolerate nor your threats to each other except. The human is to be taken to a talan and cared for till she is well enough to come to me. If the three of you can not do this you will be cleaning my stables for the next six hundred years."

The woman tilted her head and looked at the two. She closed her eyes as the same soft voice she heard before came once more to her in her head.

"Do not fear young one you are not to blame for their disagreement. Fear not and worry no more."

She opened her eyes and looked at the two they were staring at each other and then booth looked at her. The kind one was in front of her now and he reached out to her. She took his hand and he walked towards a tree a few feet in front of them. She watches the mean one leap up and in moments he was gone up the tree. She looked at the kind one and their eyes locked; he stared into her eyes and gave a nod.

Had he understood her could he tell? She closed her eyes and felt so lost and confused. Gentle kind hands, she felt the hands scooped her up and into strong arms. She was so tired and week she could not open her eyes. The stress, her wounds and her confusion had overtaken her.

Orophin held her to him with one arm and moved up the ladder with the other. He got up into the safety of the talan and gently placed her on some skins. He covered her and looked down at her. She was so alone in this world. He felt sadness run through him and he held back the tears he felt. To live life with out the pleasures of hearing he could not fathom.

He stood and decided to apologize to his brother.

"Haldir forgive me and my anger. It is not my place to disagree with you."

"No Orophin you need not say you were sorry. She is wounded and I should have not placed such a burden upon her. Your were expressing her anger through yourself. You placed your self in her position. This is something I should have done. And while it is not your place to disagree with me, I as your captain should listen to your suggestions. So it is I that should ask for your forgiveness as well as hers."

"That could prove hard how does one ask for forgiveness without words," Orophin questioned

"Perhaps the Lady can convey this to her. For now I will let you deal with her and I shall keep my distance and let her be at peace."

"You could try with your actions." Rumil added

Haldir smiled and gave a nod maybe Rumil was right; he could try to repair what he had done so far. He closed his eyes and reached out to the Lady with his thoughts.

"I will tell her this for you, but you must remember to maintain your anger and be understanding towards this human."

He opened his eyes and knew the Lady was right. He walked around and set next to Rumil and looked over at the woman.

"Dinenwen." Rumil suddenly said, "We should call he Dinenwen"

"That is a suiting name for her Rumil."

"I mean she can not tell us her name, and we should not just call her human or woman"

"I like it, Haldir is right it suits her for silent she is." Orophin added and smiled moving next to her and tucking the skins around her tightly.

"Then Dinenwen is what we shall call her." Haldir said as he stood he walked over to the edge of the Talan and looked out at the skyline. He smiled as a thought came to him. And an idea, he turned and conveyed this idea to his brother and then decided he needed some sleep.

Translations:

Dinenwen/silent maiden