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Chapter 4

Eillian prepared herself at the conversation that was about to occur. When she was little her grandparents were a little more patient with her. She knew they loved her along with her brother and their other grandchildren but now she's older. What if they expect me to be like Arwen?

Arwen was the more graceful out of the two and she spent more time in Lothlorien than her. Even though Arwen has two older brothers, she still managed to be more of a lady than Eillian, who only had one older brother. Then again, this also had to do with how these two ladies were raised. Lord Elrond had his wife with him for an extended period of time longer than Eillian's father, King Thranduil. Due to this, Lord Elrond tried to raise Arwen according to what Celebrian, his wife and Eillian's aunt, had been telling him before she passed over to their homeland. Consequently, that was not how Eillian was raised. King Thranduil did not have the 'luxury' of being lectured by his wife about how to raise their daughter before she tragically died.

Legolas helped raise his sister. For that reason, much to her father's dismay and to Jesviel's, she became more of a soldier than a lady. She looked up to her brother, after all. Now she's in Lothlorien under her grandparents' eyes, which hadn't occurred since she was little.

Coming out of thought, Eillian looked at her grandmother and lightly smiled.

"How are you?" Celeborn asked, finally breaking a gathering silence.

"I am in high spirits about being here," Eillian replied lightly.

"Do not fear being away from your brother," Galadriel lightly stated with a smile on her face. "I sense sorrow in your voice, Eillian."

Eillian looked down for a moment. She did miss her brother deeply and she knew Galadriel was right.

"It will take time my dear, for the sorrow to pass. Only if you let it, that is. Do not let it take over you. Your mother would want you here at this moment of time," Galadriel explained her words lightly.

Eillian looked up at those words. "My mother?"

"Yes, she told us that when the time comes, her daughter will arrive and when she reaches a certain age, she will be sent here to us," Celeborn elaborated further.

"Our daughter knew, she would be blessed with you," Galadriel concluded her husband's statement when she saw the look of confusion in Eillian's eyes.

"It was time for you to come," Celeborn finally stated.

"I do not wish to be a disappointment for you," Eillian replied looking at both of her grandparents who gazed upon her.

That was the truth; she didn't want to disappoint them. She figured that her grandparents wanted her to be a proper lady. She knew she had to try but that wasn't good enough. The mentioning of her mother though lifted up her spirits. Maybe I can try again to be a real lady. Speaking of her mother, her father rarely spoke of her. She had only heard certain things like how great of a Queen she was and how graceful she was. But she never really heard of what kind of person she was or her opinions or thoughts other than she was a great Queen.

Galadriel smiled warmly once more. "Disappointment? You are not one. Things are different here, that tis true. Alas, you are not a disappointment."

"You are our grandchild and we care deeply for you," Celeborn furthered.

"That means a lot to me," Eillian replied to their statements. She smiled lightly.

Galadriel sat there gazing upon Eillian waiting as if knowing that she wanted to say something either she or her husband or both of them could answer.

"May I ask thee a question?" Eillian finally asked what was leading to what was running through her mind.

"Yes," Celeborn answered.

She looked at both of them for a moment before continuing. "Tis about my mother. Why does my father not speak of her?"

Galadriel and Celeborn slightly looked at each other in thought. They knew the answer to that question all too well. When their daughter died, deep sorrow filled both of them and it proved difficult for sometime to speak of her without raising these feelings of sorrow into their minds. Eventually though they moved past these feelings but it proved difficult. They knew that their daughter would not want them to suffer due to her untimely death. Thranduil, though, took the news much harsher than they did in a different way.

They knew he grieved deeply about her death but mainly let it go when he was alone. Grief turned into anger than he raged war against the goblins that killed her. This sent him into mental isolation from those he created with his dearly departed wife, his children. It was hard to mention her name without some sort of reaction from him then he went into silence concerning his wife. It was mainly Legolas who picked up helping Eillian because he had spent a lot of time with their mother before, in her father's eyes, 'she was taken away from them.'

"Your father grieved and took your mother's death seriously to the point that he finds it best to deal with his sorrows alone," Celeborn finally answered her question.

Galadriel smiled lightly. Sometimes it was hard for her to talk about her daughter's death but she had no problem talking about her life. She looked at Celeborn for a moment still smiling. Her eyes had a hint of sorrow that was taken away with Celeborn's returning smile.

Eillian nodded in response. She knew it was hard for them to answer that question, she could just tell.

"Just give him some more time, dear," Celeborn added in the end. "You look tired, Eillian. Take some rest."

Eillian smiled and nodded. She looked at them again as she slowly walked out towards her room.

Eillian sighed when she got to her room after talking to her grandparents. She stood there for a moment in thought, thinking over what was said and about home. She had ultimately concluded something. I have to be on my best behavior and cause not too many problems. Looking over the contents of her room, she sighed again. She loves her grandparents and because I do I will try my best to be a lady for them!

A/N: What do you think? Love Me? Hate me? It was rather difficult to do that conversation between Galadriel, Celeborn and Eillian. I tried. I hope you liked the chapter. Please Review. That'd be greatly appreciated.

-NOTE- If something is in quotes and italicized then that means that the speakers are speaking elvish.

Revision (10/4): Thanks to Sarahbarr17 for pointing out my mistakes in my first ost of this chapter