"How did she look?"

"Better, to be honest, but she had just woken from the healers table after being stabbed, shot and poisoned, so all things considered she was doing very well."

"What about her reconnection with Conner? I thought I felt a vibration of power about the time you say she arrived, but at the time I wasn't sure what it was."

"Explosive, and bright. It was as if the bond had been stretched so thin, that the moment they were back together the power rebounded outwards. As their bodies merged for a moment, her skin seemed to form scales, and there were translucent wings on her back, though from my point of view it looked almost like there were two sets, one feathered and one like a dragons. Her canines sharpened to points, and her eyes were glowing a bright blue, with no iris showing at all. The wave of power you felt was from her roaring along with Conner, right before she passed out."

Thranduil takes all of this in, looking out towards the woods he rules over as his son reports what he saw while escorting Kili and Conner back to the mountain. Though he had been researching the possible source of her journey to and from their world, he wasn't sure she would ever actually return.

Yggdrasil was often choosy on who it allowed to traverse her rainbow bridge, no matter what the power was used to do so, and more so than not a traveler was only allowed once to this particular world. It was why the elves were hesitant to leave for their home world of Alfheim, as there was a very high chance they wouldn't be allowed back. Thranduil was one of two who knew one of the secret passages back and forth, and even so he used it sparingly in case one day it was blocked to him. His son had only been to their home world once, but they way things were going they may be moving on soon, as the Men were growing much more rapidly then was expected.

The world they were on had originally been empty of life other than the flora and fauna, a tiny planet nestled near one of the upper branches of Yggdrasil, with only one main expanse of land and a scattering of islands in the ocean surrounding it. After discovering it, the other worlds had decided to send colonies to populate it, groups from each world willing to leave their homes to populate a new one, the main groups beings the dwarves, the elves, and a smaller mixed group of Vanir, Asgardians and Midgardians, though the latter had their memories tampered with to make them believe that they had always been there, the Asgardians and Vanir became like gods as they tried to lord their power over everyone, and everyone but the elves eventually forgot where they originally came from.

Several other races and creatures eventually made their way to the planet, though as the others before they eventually forgot their original home, and thus forgot their way back. Not only that, but once there, a small portion of the various beings evolved, changed, with no exact reason why. Some men changed into what were now known as halflings, a fire giant burrowed himself deep into the earth, under a great mountain, and went immediately to sleep as he was unlikely to be disturbed unless an unfortunate soul dug deep into said mountain. Eagles and other creatures grew in size and intellect, a select few prideful Asgardians became known as gods and creators to the races whose memories left them, and five Vanir stayed permanently on the planet and became known as great wizards.

Two dark elves eventually made their way to the world as well, becoming the greatest threats the peoples would ever know.

The light elves, however…they never forgot, never changed, staying for the most part away from the others who had lost themselves, splitting themselves into three sections of the mainland, each with their own ruler, their own laws and their own way of living. Each also kept a small library from their original home, with information not known to the other races. This made it much easier for Thranduil to research dragon types and Crickets mysterious traveling, as dragons were not native to the world in any way.

"Is there anything else you can tell me, something you noticed the others might have not? Any little thing might be important."

Legolas pauses, thinking for a moment as he stands there, still in his dusty riding clothes as he came straight to his fathers office when he arrived at the palace. "She seemed sad, somehow, like she had lost someone important and was barely over it, if at all. Not only that, but she had apparantly forgotten everything about being here while she was home, only remembering in brief flashes she thought were dreams." Then, he narrows his eyes slightly as another detail comes to him. "Her family, they came with her this time, her mother, step-father and brother…but something was off. No one else was looking at them when Conner and Cricket connected, but I was behind them, and couldn't help but notice…they kept flickering in and out slightly, almost as if a spell wasn't being concentrated on wholly and it was losing it's power. The moment she passed out the flickering stopped, however. Why do you think that is?"

Thranduil frowns slightly, not having heard of something like that in some time. "It sounds familiar, but I would need to double check my resources to be sure. I will also need to look into the memory loss, it almost sounds like what the people who originally colonized this planet went through, but they never recovered their memories. When do you think you will have a chance to see them again?"

"I had planned originally on going back once I told you what had happened and rested a bit, but now I believe I might give her some time. She will need to rest and reclimate herself to our world, as well as her family. Once she has had sufficient time to heal, I will make my way back. And, if anything, Lady Dis will surely have her attend the Treaty Renewal Feast, as she is now technically a member of the Durin family. Who knows, Kili may even bring her here to show off Conners abilities, show her how big he's gotten. I bet she would enjoy flying, and now that they're together again Conner will have a rider who can go invisible with him."

"That's true." The lord of the Greenwood says with a half smile. "Perhaps we might still convince her to marry you."

"Father, not this again."

"Don't worry, I won't ask her for you again. However, that doesn't mean you shouldn't try for it yourself, especially as the dwarf is no longer a viable choice. Marrying her would go a long way into solidifying an alliance with the dragons, if any other than Conner still exist. And the dwarves, I suppose."

"I'll take it under consideration."

"Good. Now, go wash up and eat, then get some rest, you look dead on your feet."

"Thank you, father, I will." As Legolas turns and leaves his office, closing the door behind him, Thranduil breathes deeply before walking to his bookshelf, lifting his hand to bring down a dark blue tome, hearing a click as he does. The bookshelf then easily slides to the left to reveal another room, kept behind a door locked by a blood spell. Pricking his finger, Thranduil lets a drop touch the door, walking into the room as the door opens, letting it close behind him before lighting the torches. Inside the room was his personal library from his home world, as well as various other scrolls and artifact, the largest being a tall, ornate silver mirror etched with runes, large enough for a person to walk through, and his way of traveling to the others realms.

Walking past it all, he goes to a second desk, this one only holding two books, a lamp, and a notepad and pen with several notes already written on it. The book currently open was a book on dragon types, an ancient text that was now only being held together by a spell, while the other was a book on various types of powers that could enable transportation. Both books, though the other was closed at the moment, were marked in specific chapters, ones that he had been looking deeply into lately, especially since Conner had been showing more of his powers, though dimmed from the lack of his bond mate.

The chapters were marked Celestial and Shadow, and if he was right, were very good reasons for him to keep tabs on the newly returned dragon knight and her dragon.