Welcome to 2016 I hope you all had a good New Year not matter where and how you celebrated it, sorry that it has taken me this long but the pressure of work is high. I hope you enjoy it and as always please review.
I have put in a few elvish words. As I get better, more will turn up but for now, here is the list.
Ada/Adar = Father.
Anor = The Sun
Arda = Middle Earth (the world).
Aran/Aran-nin = King/My king.
Caun = Prince.
Elleth = Elf Maiden.
Hennad = Thanks.
Hervenn uin sell-nin = Husband of my daughter.
Hir = lord
Ion-nin = My son.
Mellon-nin = My friend.
Mellon-iaur = Old friend.
Meleth = (My) love.
Nana/Naneth = mother.
Naneth uin Herves-nin = Mother of my wife.
Saes = Please
Yrch = Orcs.
Galadriel open her eyes and started to stand from her bed where she and Celeborn normally slept together. Before she could do so a gentle hand came into view and pussed her back to the bed and she saw Celeborn giving her a glass of Miruvor.
"Easy meleth give yourself time" Celeborn said.
She took the goblet and drank and sat for a little while knowing that Celeborn would not let her up before she had rested a bit. As soon as she believed she could she get away with it she risen from the bed and started to walk down the tree to get her horse. A surprise waited for her there as Celeborn was about to mount his own horse and a group of guards were preparing as well.
"Meleth what are you doing? I said I was going alone" she said with a hint of frustration in her voice.
"Yes but I will not let you leave for Mirkwood alone so I am coming with you and the guards is coming with me" Celeborn answered patiently.
"Out of the question Celeborn someone need to stay here and look after Arwen and Lothlorien" she said irritated.
"Arwen can look after Lothlorien she is the princess after all and our foster children can look after her" Celeborn answered patiently, she could sense some amusement in his eyes.
"Celeborn Silvertree you will stay behind and that is that" she said with a stern voice.
"Only if you take these guards with you" Celeborn said to her still patiently.
"No" she answered.
"Then I and the guards and I will go with you" Celeborn answered and had clearly difficulties hiding his smile.
"No you will stay behind" she said stubbornly.
"Only if you take the guards, meleth saes do that for me or I won't be able to relax at all while you are away" he said in low and worried voice.
In that second a new voice was talking from the top of the tree.
"DaerNana are you going away?" Arwen asked.
"They looked up at their youngest grand child who they loved very much she sighted with frustration, just what she needed more ammunition for Celeborn.
"Yes penneth but I will be back soon nothing to worry about" she said.
She send a glare to Celeborn as she had a feeling about that this was not a chance meeting he looked at her with a very natural face.
"DaerNana where are you going and why do you have to go?" Arwen asked worried as she walked down the stair towards theme.
"Just a little trip to Mirkwood penneth nothing to worry about and your DaerAda stays behind and look after you and you have your foster brothers here to keep you company" she said and smiled fondly.
She sent a smile to Celeborn as it was his turn to look irritated as he as well could not bring himself to say that he would be going with her.
"Is the guards going with you" Arwen asked worried.
"Yes Penneth they are as well as Haldir" she answered and knew she was beaten in this argument.
She noticed the relieved smile on Celeborn's face even though he hid it when he noticed she had seen it. She was happy that most of their foster children stayed behind. She loved the three brother Haldir, Orophir and Rumil as much as Arwen did. The three brothers had been adopted by them when their father had fallen during the last alliance and their mother had faded from greif. Arwen, Elladan and Elrohir looked at the three brother as their own brothers and often played with them when they visited Lothlorien.
"Yes so you can be quite sure I am safe" she reassured Arwen once again.
Arwen nodded and watched as she mounted and made ready to go, her husband and granddaughter worried gaze followed her all the way out of the gate.
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Elrond was only slightly aware of the fact that fell and landed hard on the ground nor did he hear his sons worried calls.
"Hervenn uin sell-nin Elrond" came Galadriels voice.
"Naneth uin Hervess-nin Galadriel, what do I owe the honour?" he asked.
"I had some disturbing visions and I wanted to talk to … wait a minute where are you I can sense you are not in Imladris" Galadriel said.
He could sense that she was nervous and curries to where he was.
"Indeed we are not I have been having visions as well I was so worried that we left Imladris" he answered.
"What did you see?" Galadriel asked and her worries was evident in her voice even more than before.
"I had two visions first I saw Legolas on the ground with Thranduil hovering over him yelling for someone to save Legolas. There was a dead spider and four captured humans in the clearing. Second vision was very much the same but then orcs came and killed all of them. Galadriel do you know what this means?" he asked and this time it was his turn to have worries in his voice.
"I am not sure I have seen glimpses close to what you saw but I also saw Mithrandir he was covered with wounds and an evil laughter was filling the air" Galadriel said worried, he could feel she shivered at the memorry.
"This is not good we have to find Legolas and Thranduil and help them as well as Mithrandir but this all leads to a very important question – where are they?" he asked even more worried that he was before.
"They are not at the palace?" Galadriel asked curios.
"That is the only place I know with certainty that they are not" he answered.
"We must solve this riddle and fast otherwise I fear we will lose our friends and allies and then the former Greenwod the Great will be lost to us" Galadriel said with a deep sadness in her voice.
"I agree and we are on our way" he said.
"So am I" Galadriel responded.
Elrond could feel Galadriel's amusement when his surprise reached her his mother in law could sometimes still surprise him even after 3000 years with his in laws.
"Who is with you Elrond I certainly don't hope you went off on your own?" Galadriel said.
"Gailarphen, Glorfindel and Elladan and Elrohir" he answered and could not stop his happiness or worries flowing into their connection.
"Your sons are with you? I would have thought they had left by now for another orc hunt" Galadriel answered surprised.
"They almost left when I had my vision and they insisted that if Legolas was in danger they would help. Even though I wish that they would have stayed behind for a little longer, Elrohir is still affected by his wounds because he won't rest" he answered and could feel his worries grow.
"Please look after him for me" Galadriel said equally worried.
"I will but please make sure that my daughter is looked after" he answered softly.
"I will Elrond I will. It is time for you to return to the others they must be worried about you" Galadriel said.
"I will take care" he answered.
"Good keep in contact but Elrond understand this. I sense something big is coming there are forces at work here that we do not yet understand. I fear that the growing darkness has something to do with the coming event we must be careful or the darkness will take as all" Galadriel said.
He could not stop from shiver over her last words and wonder if he had made a mistake by allowing his sons to accompany him. That was his last thought as the contact stopped and he started to "wake up".
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Linari was putting Caun Legolas on the side so that he would not drown himself in the food he was hurling up before she turned to Aran Thranduil.
"He will be fine Aran-nin as I said it is just that rabbit stew was not a good idea for one who had not eaten for some time and have poison in his blood" she said.
Aran Thranduil nodded but his worries did not leave his eyes and she started to worry for him once more. She understood suddenly that right now it was not the mighty king of Mirkwood who was standing in front of her but a worried Ada who feared for the life of his only child. She did not understand why it had not hit her earlier but it was very possible that this somehow reminded him of the time he had lost his wife.
"Aran-nin why don't you lie down and rest a bit you look exhausted" she said in low voice.
"I don't need rest I need to care for Legolas and make sure the areas are as safe as possible" Aran Thranduil said.
"I understand that Aran-nin but please also rest a bit I am worried about you. I fear that you might be in some kind of chock to see Caun Legolas this way saes listen to me in this Aran-nin" she said worried.
Aran Thranduil just shacked his head and moved his attention back to Legolas and she knew there would be no more talking about it for now. The king was a difficult patient to treat partly because of stubbornness and partly because of his status. She returned to Caun Legolas who had settled so she turned him back and noticed the head who was rising from Caun Legolas. His temperature was rising at an alarming rate.
"Aran-nin can you arrange for a pit to be made just big enough to hold Caun Legolas and fill it with tepid water in, we need to wash him down" she said.
Aran Thranduil nodded and called for some of his men and soon they were starting to dick the pit another was preparing the water.
"Aran-nin he should have as little cloth on as possible when we lower him down so only leave the most necessary" she said.
She turned her back to the king and prince to offer them a little privacy. She looked at the pit who was now being filled with water and she tested it just as Aran Thranduil told her he was done. She turned back and waited until she got help from two guards and she carried Legolas over and started to wash him down. As the time went over the temperature would not go down she had to prepare some fever herb, but she knew she was fighting a losing battle.
"Oh please return soon Anari we need the spider plant" she whispered and hoped that the Valars would hear her prayer.
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Anari set up quit suddenly and regretted it almost immediately as the ground suddenly started to spin and a horrible headache sat in. A feeling of urgency was starting to kick in and he would have jumped up and started to run through the forest while franticly searching for the plant. However, a hand came into view and pushed him back down.
"You are not well Anari, please lay back and rest" Dion said to him.
"No saes we must continue I know there is a place not that far from here where we might be able to find the spider plant, we must hurry" he said.
"If there is a spider plant there none of us will stand a chance and we will both die before we even get near the plant" Dion argued.
"Only one of us needs to live as long as Caun Legolas gets the plant" he answered.
He looked up and saw the shock on the humans face a knew that he had shocked Dion greatly. How could the human ever have a chance to understand this he wasn't there for over 2500 years ago when their queen had died. The prince and the king are the woodland realm without them they would parish and fall to the shadow. He was willing to give his life for the prince especially after the king and he had …. Well he would not see that repeated so if that stubborn human would help him up then they could start do something useful. He tried to make it to upright position just to find that he was stopped once more by Dion.
"You will stay there into you are better I will not let you kill yourself for now reason" Dion said.
Normally he would have argued over this and protested but his bodies protest made it impossible. He could feel the pain and he could barely stand without being dizzy perhaps he should lay down and give in to the need for rest. At the same time, it was hard as he had a desperate and nagging feeling that the spider plant was desperately needed. In the end his body's need won and he closed his eyes and drifted into darkness.
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Through the forest moved a horde of wargers and orcs they was marching to a fight to do their masters bitting. Killing the elven prince and king and once and for all put an end to the elven realm of Mirkwood. The forest trembled under their march and loud voices could be heard as the marched towards their goal.
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Dion looked chocked at Anari when he heard what he was saying, would he really be willing to sacrifice his own life for the prince? Or was it he there was referred to? He hoped not. But if it was himself Anari talked about what could inspire such loyalty? He wished he knew what was happening and why it had obsessed Anari so much. He turned and saw that Anari had passed out and he hoped that he would soon be better it frightened him to see the elf this week and pale.
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In Dol Guldur a loud cry of anger could be heard and everyone in the old ruins who heard it shivered.
"Come to me Sharag" the ice cold voice called.
An orc came running up the stairs and stoped to look at the black darkness floating around the empty walls.
"I feel that one of our guest is not where he should be find him and bring him to me. I have questions to ask him. Sharag if he elude your grasp you wont live to see my final victory and taking of the forest" the cold voice said.
More than anything that made the orc running and soon their footsteps could be heard through the forest.