A/N: Tried to make the layout a little different. Hopefully its easier to read like this. If not let me know and I'll change it again :3 Oh and thank you everybody for you 100 reviews! Can't believe the support I have gotten!
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Ella paced around, jumped on the bed, lay on the floor and banged her head against the wall. No memories returned and no ideas had popped in her head. She had been in her room for almost two weeks. After the conversation with Thranduil she hadn't spoken to him much and if they spoke Thranduil would ask about the quest. Vendethiel had brought her food three times a day and washed her clothes. Only Legolas came walking in when he had nothing to do.
The nights were hardest for Ella. She felt someone missing next to her and the feeling grew stronger and stronger and eventually Ella would cry herself to sleep without knowing why. It was on a late evening when something finally started to happen. Ella had taken yet another bath and was about ready to go to bed when suddenly she heard something. Ella grabbed her comb and held it above her head as a weapon and walked to the sound in her nightgown.
"Who's there?" Ella asked. She heard a noise but saw nothing. Ella sighed and threw her comb on the bed. "I'm going insane." She told herself shaking her head.
"Tell us something new."
Ella turned around in shock. Standing behind her was Bilbo Baggins.
"Bilbo!" She shouted and ran up to him giving him a lung-crushing hug. "I thought I'd never see you again!" She cried softly.
Bilbo smiled and patted her back while his face turned blue.
"Ella." He finally said. "I can't breath."
Ella quickly let go of him and straightened his clothes for him before slapping him in the face.
"Ow!"
"Where the hell have you been?!" She growled. "I've been worried sick! And how on earth did you get in here?!" Ella gasped and covered her mouth. "You used the ring!" She remembered the Lord of the Rings movie. "Why did you use the ring?!"
Bilbo's eyes widened. "H-How did you know about the ring?" He asked rubbing his cheek.
"I just do." Ella said calming down. "Sorry I slapped you."
"All is forgiven." Bilbo said with a smile.
"What are you doing here?" Ella asked sitting on her bed, legs crossed.
"Looking for you." Bilbo said. "I have been running around looking for the others as well."
"Did you find them?" Ella asked.
"As a matter of fact I did." He said with a smile.
"George too?!" She asked concerned.
"Don't worry Ella. He's safe." Bilbo said and placed a hand on Ella's shoulder. "You should have seen him in the woods. After you and Thorin went missing we we're attacked by giant spiders."
Ella's eyes widened. "S-Spiders?!" She asked scared.
"Oh, yes." Bilbo said as if it was nothing new. "Giant ones. Some of them even bigger then us." Bilbo faced Ella and saw her scared look. "Don't worry." He said calm. "We got rid of them. George at least killed two of them, the little warrior that he has become. Oh and I named my sword!"
"I know, I know… You called it Sting." Ella said with a smirk on her face.
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Bilbo slept in Ella's bed. It was big enough for two anyways.
"Alright." Bilbo said when they woke up. "I'm off."
"What?" Ella mumbled still half asleep. "Where are you going?" She pushed herself in sitting position and rubbed the sleep from her eyes.
"I need to find an escape route." He said and placed sting on his belt. "With any luck we will be able to escape tonight during the feast."
"What feast?" Ella asked stretching.
"You have been up here for about two weeks and you don't know what is going on in the mountain?"
Ella blinked a couple of times. "Well maybe Legolas mentioned it once or twice but I can't remember. Guess I banged my head against the wall one to many times."
"You did what?" Bilbo asked laughing. "Why did you do that?"
"I needed to remember, Bilbo." She said. "There is this hole in my memory and it is tearing me to shreds."
Bilbo's face turned serious.
"You and the dwarves were no help either. You only told me half of my story. Do you know what it feels like missing a part of yourself?" Ella bit back her tears. "I have had so many sleepless nights and if I fell asleep it was through the tears. I was worried sick about everyone, which didn't make anything better. Of course I also have a king on my heels trying to buy his answer and a maid who would keep walking in and steel my clothes. Why won't you tell me the rest of my story Bilbo?"
Bilbo took a deep breath. "I promised not to." He said.
"That was the worst promise ever! But it is true then?" Ella asked him. "I did love someone before I fell into the water."
Bilbo just nodded and walked to the door. "Everything will be explained when we get out of here, alright? But for now I am going to disappear before your maid shows up with your breakfast."
He put on the ring and went invisible.
"Just don't hit your head against the wall anymore." He said. "The last thing we need right now is an earthling with a fractured scull."
Ella nodded and someone knocked on the door.
"That's my cue. I'll be back tonight. Don't do anything stupid!" Bilbo said and Vendethiel opened the door walking in with her hands full.
Bilbo quickly slid out as the elf closed the door behind her.
"What's this?" Ella asked her.
"Oh well, the king wants you to join the feast tonight. So I brought you some dresses you could try on."
Vendethiel put down the food on a table and placed the dresses on the chair. Ella's eyes widened as she saw beautiful dresses hanging over the chair. Ella walked to the table and popped a grape in her mouth. There was a strapless, dark purple dress, a red dress with thousand of laces and a gorgeous white dress. It had a two layer skirt and on the outer shirt a couple of sparkles that shined like diamonds. Its back was open but it was still held together by two laces and it had long pointy sleeves. Ella had already decided that she was going to wear the white one.
"Which one would you like?" Vendethiel asked.
"That one." Ella said, pointing at the white dress and took a bite off of a piece of bread.
"Alright." The elf said and grabbed the other two in her arms. "Eat while I take these back and we can start getting you ready."
"I really don't need a whole day getting myself ready, I don't care what the king wants." Ella said with her mouth full.
"The king ordered me to get you ready," Vendethiel said. " And when I get an order, I do it perfectly. Trust me My Lady. You need a whole day." She walked to the door and walked out closing it behind her.
Ella stood with her mouth open. "Did she just say that I was ugly?!"
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Ella had eaten her food and Vendethiel walked back in with make-up, hairclips, perfumes, crèmes, soaps, shampoos, a pair of scissors, a couple of different combs and a pair of boots that would fit under the dress.
"Don't you think this is a little extreme?" Ella asked as Vendethiel walked into the bathroom to prepare a bath.
"No, My Lady." She said. "I promised the king that I would make you look like a pearl and I will!"
Vendethiel dropped in the different soaps and perfumes. The room smelled of rainbows and pink clouds, a little to sweet for Ella's taste.
"Now, My Lady." Vendethiel said. "I need you to get into the bath and stay there for at least two hours."
"At least? What no!" Ella said shaking her head. "I'm not getting in that pot of sweetness."
"Yes you are." Vendethiel said back. "You can either go in yourself or I will throw you in myself. Oh, I almost forgot. You need to put on this crème mask."
"Alright, alright." Ella sighed lifting her hands in surrender. "But could you open the top op the dress please?"
Vendethiel opened the top button of the dress and walked to the door. "I will be back in two hours My Lady." She said before she left.
"Sweet Jesus, what have I gotten myself into?" Ella asked her self as she let the nightgown slide off of her shoulder before stepping into the bath. It was nice and warm as always but the water felt more like jelly when anything else and it had a pinkish color. "It's like bathing in jam." Ella said to herself. She put the crème on her face and laughed at herself. It actually felt really nice lying like this and Ella felt herself dozing off.
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After two hours Vendethiel walked back in and smiled when she saw the young she-dwarf enjoying herself.
"Like it?" She asked and handed Ella a towel.
Ella opened her eyes. "To my surprise, yes. Yes I do." Ella said with a smile and took the towel. She wrapped it around her and walked behind the screen in her room. She got all the sticky pink stuff off of her body and pulled a robe around herself. Quickly pulling on her underwear.
Vendethiel handed Ella the white dress and light brown boots for under it. The dress fit Ella perfectly. The way it stuck to her curved body looked perfect. It was like it had been made for her. The layers of the skirt were loose around her legs and it dropped to the ground. Ella put her arms in the sleeves and pulled it over her shoulders. Ella tilted her head and looked at herself. For a moment she looked more like an elf that a dwarf but it was only for one night so who cares?
"Do you need any help?" Vendethiel asked.
"Yeah, thanks." Ella said and stepped beyond the screen so that Vendethiel could fix the back. Ella turned around and heard Vendethiel gasp.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Nothing."
"It's just our back-"
"I know." Ella waved her hand in the air.
"Where did you get it from?" Vendethiel asked.
"Can't remember." Ella replied as the elf closed the back.
"Well then," She said. "Lets get to your hair."
Ella quickly pulled on her new boots and sat on the stool in front of a desk with a huge mirror. Ella had to sit on her knees or Vendethiel couldn't reach probably.
They quickly did her makeup. Ella had a little silver eye shadow, mascara that made her lashes even longer and transparent colored lip-gloss.
Then they moved to Ella's hair. Vendethiel first combed all the knots out of the upper layer, pulled the hair by her temple back and braided it into one long braid. Vendethiel then brushed the rest of Ella's hair. Behind Ella's right ear was the largest knot Vendethiel had ever seen. She brushed and brushed and slowly brushed the knot out. Vendethiel had brushed Ella's hair for about three and a half hour when something fell out of Ella's hair and onto the ground. Ella heard it fall and jumped off of the stool to see what it was.
It had rolled in the corner and against the wall. Ella picked it up and looked at the small bead in her hair. She looked at the fine engravings it had when suddenly she saw it spell a name. 'Fili'. Ella's heart skipped a beat.
"My Lady, are you alright?" Vendethiel asked. "The feast is about to start and we still need to finish your hair."
Ella had tears running down her face.
"Um… Why don't you already go?" She said not looking up. "I'll finish my hair and I come and join you, okay?"
Vendethiel had a questioned look on her face when she saw a tear running down Ella's face.
"Are you sure?" She asked.
Ella just nodded and she left.
"Fili." Ella sobbed. "I'm so sorry." She cried as her memories slowly started to return.
She could feel his touch returning to her. They way he held her, protected her, talked to her. Ella could feel the touch of his lips against her again. She remembered how the met and how she had yelled at him when she felt the dark pulling at her. She remembered how he clamed her from her nightmares. She remembered him. He loved her and she loved him. Why hadn't they told her that?
Ella was forced out of her memories and thoughts when she heard a grunt and a body fall to the ground. Someone broke down the door and Ella jumped to her feet. When Ella wanted to see who it was, she was turned around and pushed against a pair of soft lips. Two strong arms wrapped around her and pushed against him.
"Please remember me." He begged.
Ella looked up and saw Fili's face.
"Please say that you remember me." He said and pushed their foreheads together. "I need you Ella, please. You can't do this to me anymore." A small tear rolled down his face.
Ella threw her arms around his neck and kissed him again pulling his thick blond hair.
"Fili." She cried under her breath and tears ran down her face once more. "My Fili."
She pulled him closer by his collar. Fili slid his tongue in her mouth and lifted Ella from the floor. She wrapped her legs around his waist and was pushed against the wall. A hand moved along her thigh and up her skirt as Fili kissed her neck. Ella gasped as Fili bit in her skin.
"That's the sound I was looking for." He said smiling and then kissed her on the mouth again.
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They both pulled back for some air. They looked deeply into each other's eyes and kissed again.
"I'm sorry." Ella sobbed. "I'm sorry for yelling at you. I'm sorry for forgetting. Please forgive me Fili."
Fili put her down and kissed her softly one last time. Ella took that kiss as a yes.
"We need to go." He said and grabbed her hand pulling her away.
"What?" Ella asked as she was being dragged away. "Why? Fili what is going on?"
Fili stopped and picked up the bead off of the floor and quickly braided it back into her hair.
"At least you won't lose it this way." He said smiling and pulled her through the door.
"Fili? What are you-?"Ella gasped as she saw the guard lying unconscious on the ground. "Oh my God Fili! What did you do?! Where are we going?"
"We need to get to Bilbo and the others." He said running.
"Why?" Ella asked running after him.
"Bilbo found a way out."
