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Chapter 21: Not anymore

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Serethiel landed swiftly on the soft earthy ground of Lothlórien. The air had the smell of freshly fallen rain as the wind blew her hair back on her shoulders. She showed the Fell beast away and walked into the forest from the clearing she landed in.

Serethiel didn't bother to look for anyone since the border guards would be by her side any moment. Her hands brush the leaves of a berry bush and the bark of a thick tree. Serethiel quickly lifted her cloak hood and turned to the Elves who pointed their fatal arrows at her being.

The first elf she recognize was Orophin, his arm straighten as his brother, Rumil did the same beside him.

"Drop your weapons, trespasser." Haldir came out of the woods from behind his brothers and had his hand on his sword. She smirked. There was no way Serethiel would pass up the opportunity to scare them to death!

She raised her hands to take off her hood only to have an arrow shot at her. It stopped in midair then started to turn to ashes from a fire licking at the fletching. The metal of the arrows tip fell to the ground and the Elves were speechless.

All the arrows were shot and all the arrows turned to dust. The Elves eyes, their faces, priceless. I lifted my hood and step forward to frown at Haldir.

"I don't believe your Lady would approve of her granddaughter being attacked." Serethiel sighed sarcastically and walked passed Haldir. The Elves who couldn't speak the common tongue went after her only to be told by their March Warden himself.

She walked through the trees like she had been there and back a thousand times when in reality, she was just trying to look badass.

"Serethiel, why are you here? Did Lord Elrond send you?" He asked as bow shifted his bow into his right hand to the left.

"Yeah, he did. Right before I left, he told me I am going to need protection." She rolled her eyes as she came upon their camp. She went and sat down on a stump then watched Haldir starting to pace.

"Why do you need protection? I thought Imladris was secure when I left…" He mumbled the last sentence to himself but she caught it completely.

"Cause I'm pretty sure that Legolas is coming here to kill me after I just escaped from that prison you call Imladris." I hissed and he abruptly stopped his pacing and looked at me in shock.

"YOU RAN AWAY?!" He shouted which made me want to plug my ears in annoyance.

"Yeah? So what? I'm not one hundred years old any more." Serethiel hissed. Haldir's eyes became pained as he listened to her.

"What was gotten into you? Your sounding like a different person, this is not the Serethiel I knew." She shot him a glare and stood from her seat.

"That is because you don't know me, you knew Lera. I used to be the little girl in Mordor who didn't know a thing about a real family and was a lovesick puppy!" Haldir grabbed her upper arm and dragged her into the forest and away from camp.

She groaned and went with him, deeper into the the forest where he stopped in a large fork in the trail.

"This is no way for a young lady to act, especially one related to Lady Galadriel." He frowned as Serethiel leaned against a tree.

"Does it look like I care? Elrond has already commented on my manners and I will tell you the same thing, I didn't grow up to be a lady, I grew up to be a master weapon for Sauron himself. I grew up with orcs and Uruk-hai and I didn't have a mother or a decent father. Now don't even start." She snapped and closed her eyes, leaning her head back on the tree.

"Why have you come here? You know that Elrond will ask Lady Galadriel to send you back." He said as he crossed his arms.

"I didn't come here for sanctuary, I came to seek advice from my Grandmother. I need to know what I should do when the battle with Sauron begins." She explained but continued.

"Haldir, what would you do if a dear friend of yours would die if you killed your enemy . Would you still kill the threat or do you do nothing because you don't want you dear friend to die?" She asked and looked him straight in the eyes.

"I'm afraid I do not follow." Haldir sighed as he let his arms fall to his sides.

"What I mean is if Sauron dies… I die."

Serethiel's P.O.V

I just told Haldir of what was to come if Sauron was to die and he didn't say a thing. His expression was unreadable as he shifted his gaze to the ground.

"Are you sure?" He asked as he looked back to my eyes. I nodded, his eyes became filled with sarrow. Haldir came toward me and wrapped his arms around me. He let out a large breath of air then spoke.

"I will do everything in my power to stop your death, I can see how Legolas looks at you. He loves you very much, don't take that for granted." I sighed as I pointed to my cheek where the arrow scratch was.

"I don't think he loves me anymore."