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Well, if I had as much reviews as I get readers, I would be the happiest author ever...I do hope this chapter will get a little more attention since it's one very important chapter...to my eyes at least. And it's a longer chapter too...

Enjoy,

Kaya

Chapter 10

The safety of the golden woods

-"Come back into the light, child of the forest." A voice said in her ear. "Follow my voice and open your eyes."

And opening her eyes the she-elf did. She could understand what the male elf beside her was saying and for a moment she thought she was dreaming. In her sleep, when she heard that voice, she had thought it was her master, but when she looked upon this stranger, she realized the truth. He was not there. Her eyes were wide in complete disbelief. How could an elf know about the language of the Secret Speakers? The tall and strong blond elf gave her a warm smile and touched her face gently, as not to alarm her.

-"Have no fear, my child, you are quite safe here." He whispered

-"You…you know of our language…" She mumbled nervously

-"I know most of the old languages. This one being the oldest and alas, it has been forgotten by most."

-"How…how did you…"

-"How did I know it was your language?" He asked kindly and she nodded once. "Legolas arrived not long after you were found. He told us you were speaking with music and I was the only one to understand what he really meant."

The elf had said the name in both her language and the tongue the elves to help her, so she would recognize it if he said it in the future. Somehow, this tall elf figured she would know it in elvish, since those who told it to her were no Secret Speakers.

-"Legolas…" She exclaimed. "How is he? Didthey hurt him?"

-"He is fine, though quite tired after such an eventful ride." He answered. "He was very worried about you."

She remained silent a moment, until she realized she had no idea where she was and why she was taken to this place. Also why they were taking such good care of her, she was nothing more than a stranger after all, a stranger who could not even understand their language. The tall elf told her about lord Elrond's decision to present her to the eldest elves and that she was in Lothlórien, in Caras Galadhon, to be more precise. But he said nothing about the other reason for her being there. He kept it to himself.

-"And…who are you…?" She asked timidly

-"I am Celeborn, Lord of the Golden woods and you, may I ask what is your name?"

Legolas neared the room at that moment, hearing the soft song from the she-elf he knew was the one she used as her name. He slowly entered the room seeing the elf-maiden and lord Celeborn turn at the same time as the elf prince passed the door. Legolas smiled at her and he was surprised when he saw her blush.

-"So you understand her, my lord?" Legolas asked in Sindarin

-"I do." Celeborn answered with a smile. "And she just told me her name."

-"What?" Legolas gasped, then smiled too."Can you tell me what it is, in our tongue I mean?"

Before answering, Celeborn asked the she-elf first if it was alright with her to give her name to Legolas. She was a bit surprised, because she did told him and she had to remind herself that he could not understand her, just as she could not understand him. She nodded in acceptance, making both male elves smiles to widen. Celeborn took a breath and answered the elf prince.

-"Her name isSìviel."

Author note; I used an "elven" translator online to find the right name, the translation of the name I had in mind, which I will keep secret. In the common tongue (hehe). It means something like "peace" in Quenya, if I understood well. If not, well it's still a nice name, don't you think?