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Grieving news and Making the Decision

Anea

I feel myself waking up from my slumber, or was I unconscious? I don't care but I'm awake now but my eyes are still closed, I hear talking around me so I open my eyes to see who is here with me but a blinding light catches me and I close them immediately giving a moan.

"She's awake!" A familiar voice sounds, who is that, I know that voice somewhere...

"Legolas?" I ask out loud as I try again to open my eyes, successfully doing it this time I'm able to see the room I am in, It's white all around with a window to my right, I'm in some weird yet comfortable bed and I see familiar, and unfamiliar faces staring at me. I try to get up to get a better look but the pain from all over my body rushes back to me and I scream in pain, collapsing back down on the bed.

"Easy, don't get up so quickly." Legolas' voice sounded again and I could feel something touch me, I look over to see him close to me again, holding my hand and stroking my hair. I smile and look around, I see Landion next to him and holding my other hand is Thranduil. I then look at the foot of the bed to see three males, one looked to the same age as Thranduil with dark brown hair and eyes instead, however, and the ones next to him were definitely twins. Thranduil saw my confusion and spoke, "Anea this is Lord Elrond of Rivendell, and his twin sons Elladan and Elrohir." I nod and couldn't help but add a comment, "Lord of Rivendell eh, so what are you doing here in a hospital?"

He laughs and answers, "healing you, I'm head doctor here and my sons helped me last night. Oh and you're welcome." I nod my thanks and asks a question to the twins this time, "Which by the way how are we supposed to tell you two apart?"

The others hoard up laughing and shrugged, "you just have to guess!" They say at the exact same time!

"What about John?" I ask hastily, eyeing everyone.

"He's going to jail and will not get out, ever. The reporters will make sure of that." Thranduil smiled a reassuring smile. I look around again only to see that Suiadan wasn't here, where is he? Then I remembered him getting shot with the shotgun and I started flipping out again.

"Suiadan?" I asked panicked trying to see where he went. Then I heard a cough from my left, followed by a moan. I turn to my left and see Suiadan waking up, he is laying on his back and trying to push himself up.

"Easy, easy, get up slowly." Thranduil glides as he walks over his oldest son, helping him sit up.

"How's Anea?" Suiadan suddenly asks looking horrified.

"I'm fine," I say and move into view for him, he looks at me and sighs of relief and smiles. "Thanks." I add blushing.

"I promised I would protect you and I did." He smiled again, how about a you're welcome? There was an awkward silence for a time until there was a knock at the door, I turned to look and saw a pile of small familiar faces.

I start to laugh and usher them in, "come on little munchkins!" Then the twelve kids from age five to eleven come rushing in as the little ones jump on my bed and shower me with hugs, they make room for the older ones to get in and soon the twelve to eighteen and up kids come in, all I have trained in my elvish life and they hugged me as well. Finally one of the little ones handed me flowers and I couldn't help but laugh. "Thank you! And where did you acquire these?" Paxton looked down and blushed, "The flower shop."

"At what time?" I asked.

"At night." He replied, I laughed again and gave him a bear hug, "I taught you well." Finally I saw Roxi, Trixi, Russel, Trevor, and Tony come and give me giant hugs. We laughed, and I mean everyone even the other elves as they told stories and the kids exaggerated about how worried they were about me. Then I looked at the faces and saw a very important person missing, "Where's Susie?" Like it was planned, Roxi led the kids out the room to leave me alone with the five and elves.

"Anea.." Roxi began as they moved closer to me which made me very worried.

"While you were in the ambulance, she, she had a heart attack. We brought her to the hospital as fast as we could but..." Roxi couldn't say anymore, for she was choking up in tears.

"I did all I could for her," Elrond put in, "but there was nothing I could really do but make her passing more comfortable." I felt the tears start filling up my eyes I brought my hands over my mouth and nose, shaking my head.

"No, no she can't be dead. Not after all of this!" I denied as I saw the five start choking up in and move back except Roxi who came up to me and tried to comfort me, but I only screamed and shoved her away to broken for anyone. She can't be dead! No! If I survived then she can too! She can't be, she can't be, she can't be! I then felt someone else try to comfort me. I struggled but the familiar strength and smell of rain hit me and I realized it was Thranduil. His smell somehow soothed me and I collapsed into his arms, sobbing into his chest. He only shushed me and petted my hair in the familiar way.

"She can't be dead! If I survived she can survive too!" I muttered out loud staggering my breathing.

"She's in the Hall of Mandos now," Thranduil calmly said which slowed down my breathing, "She's looking at you now, and smiling, knowing that you are safe. Don't let her death grief you to death, she wouldn't want that." No she wouldn't, she would want me to be happy, dammit she always did have this affect on me! I stopped crying now but I still was cradled in Thranduil's arms, feeling his warmth again.

I slip my jacket and look out the window of the hospital, the nice morning light shining through. Elrond and his sons cleared me and Suiadan so we can get out today, but I had to stay the night at this dank hospital! I'm enjoying the view when I hear a knock at the door. I turn and see the five standing there smiling. They come in and sit down on the beds, "come here love." Trixi said as she made room for me, reluctantly I sat by her and Tony.

"Anea, we need to talk, about Susie..." Russell began.

"I don't want to hear it!" I demand, tightening up. Tony but a arm around me and held me close.

"You want to know what she said in her last words?" Trevor stubbornly asked, then when I didn't answer he answered anyway, "make sure Anea doesn't go back to John, make sure she's cared for and happy." Just thinking of her voice saying that makes me tear up again.

"She wants you to be happy. She wants you to be with the Greenleaf family." Roxi added, I looked up at her with annoyance.

"How would you know!" I snap at her which made her flinch.

She straightened again answered, "because she meet them, and thanked them for looking after you." That sounds like Susie alright, that's Susie all over.

We sat there for a while in silence until Legolas came in and asked, "ready to go?" I nodded and gave my goodbyes to the five. I followed Legolas to the exit of the hospital.

"Oh you might want to put your hood on." He gave me a small smile.

"Why?" I eyed him and he grabbed my hood and put it on for me, "because there is a mob of reporters outside and I don't think you would want to be noticed, just stay in between me and my brothers, don't look at any of the reporters, and you'll be fine." The door opened and I followed him out of the depressing hospital. When we got to the door Suiadan, Landion, Thranduil, and Tanna was waiting for us. I got in the middle, Landion got behind me, Legolas was on my left, Suiadan was on my right, and Thranduil and Tanna was in the front. They opened the door and we left into the sunlight, only to be blinded by millions of cameras and people! Asking questions and trying to get passed the brothers to get to me. They kept me walking as they shove the reporters away. We were like six feet away from the car when a man literally squeezes through Thranduil and Legolas and starts taking a thousand pictures of me while the guy next to him starts asking questions. Landion grabs my shoulders and pull me back and turn me around when I saw Legolas and Suiadan take care of the two reporters. When Landion turned me however the mob from the back now started charging towards me. Landion put his arm up to try and block them off but I wasn't really helping. Finally I felt myself being turned around again and continued walking towards the car when I suddenly felt my foot hit a leg and fell over. Did a reporter really just trip me so they could get a picture of me! They crowded around me, like literally they made a circle around me so the brothers couldn't get in and help, and started asking questions at a million kilometers a second! Being dazed for a moment after my head hit concert they were able to take more than enough pictures of me! I was about to start throwing punches when I heard a air horn, several air horns actually. As they got closer I was able to look in between the reporters legs and saw the five along with my teen apprentices on their skateboard charge toward them. In panic the reporters backed off but they still didn't slow down, when they reached them they were shoving reporters and jumping over them and weaving through them. I managed to get up and Suiadan and Legolas helped me into the car.

"Oi! You lot!" I heard Russell cry, I turned and saw them on top of the hill staring at the reporters. "You want your stuff back? Come and get us!" They all held wallets, phones, even watches that belonged to the reporters. The reporters started charging after them and they bolted dropping everything.

As we drove back to the house Thranduil asked, "Are you alright? Are you hurt at all?"

"I'm fine, my head just hurts from falling." I answered rubbing my head, "Those reporters are bloody mental!"

"Well they're reporters, so yeah they are mental." Landion laughed from my far left, next to Legolas who had an arm around me, holding me close.

I walked into the nice wooden castle feeling relieved to be back. I walked to the living room and sat on the couch as the others got in and sat as well, Legolas and Suiadan were next to me, Landion was on the arm chair by me and and Tanna was on the other side. Thranduil came in finally and stood about a meter from the couch.

"Anea," Thranduil began. "It's been one week since you first came with us, it's time to make a decision. We won't be disappointed if you decide to leave, but know that if you do our door is always open for you." Oh right... I'm better on my own! But Russell's words are still ringing in my head from that one day. "No one is better off alone." Susie wants me to be happy, to be with them, but I don't trust them! I looked at Tanna who was giving me a weak smile with eyes full of pleading, and I thought back at the day with her and Arwen, laughing and feeling like I was important. I looked at Landion who was staring at me and gave me a small nod, and I remembered the day I had with him and how I felt comfortable around him. I then turned towards Suiadan, his eyebrows raised but his face was lit up, I remembered how we became trustful and saw eye to eye with one another. I then looked at Legolas and his caring eyes, he saved me from drowning, warmed me up and comforted me when needed. He's always been there for me and I know that he would protect me, they all would protect me no matter what. Finally I turned back at Thranduil who was giving me a warm smile and his eyes gentle. They all care for me, I've made my peace with all of them.

"No more thieving, no more living on your own."

"The Valar brought you to me so that I could care for you, so you wouldn't have to be on your own anymore." I want a real home, someone to look after me, protect me, love me... I closed my eyes as tears started swelling up, I want a family... Letting my tears fall freely I bolt to Thranduil and wrap my arms around his chest buring my face in it as I was at least a head shorter than all of them.

"Please," was all I could say, "please."

"Of course my dear." Thranduil smoothly said, returning the hug and giving me a soft kiss on the head.

"I want a family, I want an ada." I cried clutching onto him even more.

Legolas

We've succeeded, I promise you Anea I will protect you with my life. I smile at Thranduil and he smiled back, I got up and walked over to Anea. Placing a hand on her back, she instantly turned and hugged me, stuffing her face into my chest. I return the hug and kiss her on the head, welcoming her into the family. Landion got up and kissed her on the head as well, then Suiadan but after he did he bent down and whispered in Anea's ear, "I will protect you."

Anea

Ada got me a room by Legolas', it was way bigger than my guest one, with dark wood and bright furniture like to other rooms. I noticed that Landion has made a display case and put my claws in it, only they looked different. They were a bright silver and looked way nicer, what the hell did Landion do to them?

"I see you've found your new claws." Landion's voice sounded from behind. I turned to him and raised my eyebrows, "What the hell did you do to them?"

"Before the fellowship came I asked Gimli for a favor, I asked him to redo you claws and he did, your claws are made out of Mithril." I looked at him weirdly and so he continued, "mithril is the best metal you could ever want, it's light as a feather and as hard as dragon scales. Yours have your normal thieving tools just in case, and I know that you will be thieving once in awhile. Plus daggers and a shield, for self defense." I only laughed and shook my head before Tanna came in and asked, "How do you like your room?"

"It's nice" I reply taking another look around.

"Have you seen your closet yet?" She asks making her way to the double door closet.

"No, but should I be worried?" I give a side look to Landion who chuckles but when I turn as the closet opens my jaw hits the floor. "It's a walk in closet?!"

"Well of course! You need this much room for all of your clothes!"

"When did you have time to even get all of these cloths?"

"Over the week, now over here are you shoes, over in these drawers are your jeans, shorts, skirts etc. Hanging up are your tops it goes from bathing suits on the far left, to tang tops, short sleeves, long sleeves, sweaters, jackets, and dresses. And in these two drawers are your pajamas." Tanna explains at top speed. I'm still trying to comprehend all of this when Thranduil and his other two boys walk into the room.

"Anea, we need to know something." I turn to Thranduil who asked the question and hastily answered, "What..."

"How did you end up with John? Russell said that something else happened." My breathing hitched and I tensed, backing up onto the bed trying to get as far away from them as possible I curl up in a defensive ball and mumble.

"No, I won't relive it!" I felt a hand on my back, knowing it was Legolas' I curl up next to him, having his steady heartbeat calm me.

"Please," he whispered, "we want to know."

Knowing there was no getting out of this I sit up and began. "I started out in a foster home, when I was old enough and had enough of it I ran. Finally I was living on the streets, and that's where he found me, Tony. He brought me to the wear house with the other four and I was their first child in the wear house."

"That's why you're so special to them." Landion thought out loud.

"Yes, but the thing was, I lied. I looked three to mortal looks but the oldest Russell was actually six and the others were one or two years younger then him. So when they grew older and I didn't I told them because I trusted them, I told them that I was an elf. They didn't care and actually envied me. Anyway so over the years when more and more kids came and I perfected my thieving skills, and learned about cars I lived there, at the wear house. Then one day, he showed up." I stopped as I saw his face again. Legolas came close again as the others who were now sitting looked at me with worried eyes. Finally when I was calm again, I continued.

"He had brown hair that went to his ears, brown chestnut eyes and was about eleven. At this time I looked about six and very quickly we befriended. His name was George, and I trusted him, I trusted him so much that I told him that I was an elf. He then asked questions about elves, and what happened to my parents. I thought he was just curious..." Tears came again as I remembered his face, but brushed them away. "One night around one, he woke me up and told me to follow him, so I did without question. He led me through alleys and narrow passages, staying off the street, and I didn't question him because I trusted him. Finally we reached a very dark alley and he said to follow his voice, so I did. It was so dark that I couldn't even see anything, even with my elven eyes, so I didn't see him slip behind me. He grabbed my arm and twisted it, pinning me against the wall. He covered my mouth so I couldn't cry for help and whispered, 'Time for you to go to John's house little elf, so you can live however long you last in pain. But first I want to do something to you.' I tried to fight back but easily lost, he gagged me and tied me to poles. He just kept kicking me, hitting me, I couldn' fight back, I couldn't do anything!" I brought my knees to my chest and shook, shook violently.

Legolas

How could that boy violate her? Why would he do that to her! I brought her close to my but she flinched when I touched her, I tried again and succeeded, I then brought her close to my heart and cradled her, "It's okay." I sooth.

"I almost died that night, but he didn't let it happen!" I squealed, I body shaking from memories.

"Don't." I stop her from continuing, "don't relive it." I look up at the others to see a mixture of sorrow, anger, and grief on their faces.

When Anea stopped shaking she got up, but with me and now Suiadan sitting next to her on the bed and she continued. "When he was done, he blindfolded me and dragged me to John's house. Then John tied me to the bed and... just left me. Left me bleeding for days. For two months he never let me leave the house and would do the same routine of beatings, I never thought I would get out until I realized I could jump into the tree outside the window. I escaped and ran, and ran, finally I found the warehouse again and George was also there, he said that I ran out and got hit by a car. When they found me and I told the five the story and nearly killed George, but they let him go and put the fear of god into him. I haven't seen him since, but he still haunts me with nightmares, even today. That's why I don't trust people, because I'm worried they'll be like George." This poor, poor elfling. I knew she had a bad past, but nothing like this.

"Why don't you get your sleep." Thranduil said kissing Anea's head but she just shook her head, "I'll have nightmares, I know I will, I always do even in a peaceful sleep I still feel the pain!" Well tonight you finally will have a peaceful sleep.

"Here." I simply said and re-positioned her so she was laying on the bed and was next to me. I then started stroking her forehead to her hair, humming an elvish lullaby. Tanna and Thranduil joined in with singing the lyrics and Landion and Suiadan hummed along with me. Soon Anea's eyes drifted to sleep and she body was limp. My eyelids started getting heavy too and I fell into a slumber.

Thranduil

I couldn't help but chuckle as Legolas fell asleep, ever since he was an elfling every time I would sing that lullaby to him he would fall asleep in a matter of seconds. Without even speaking to each other me Suiadan and Landion got them in bed, me and Suiadan carefully lift up legolas as Landion picked up Anea. Tanna then pulled the covers back and we set them down again next to each other, being careful to not wake them. Tanna pulled the covers back over them when we see Anea turn so she's facing Legolas and puts an arm around him, resting her head on his chest. I nod to the boys to leave and we do, I turn back at my youngest son and my new daughter. Thank you Valar, thank you for giving me her. I pray before turning out the light and closing the door to her room. Knowing that she will be there when she wakes, safe and sound. And will not want to leave.

And that's the end of this story! You finally learn about Anea's back story! Like I said I will be doing other stories, like a continuing thing with these characters since you liked it so much. Until next time Please review! Review how you think this story was!