Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 1 of All We Are. Thank you to those who have left reviews for this story. It really does mean a lot to me that you guys are enjoying this story, even though it has taken me a long time to get this chapter out. Which I do have to apologize for. I didn't mean for it to take this long in writing this chapter out. I hope that you guys enjoy this next chapter. Hopefully it will make up for me missing in writing these chapters out. Without further ado Chapter 1. ENJOY!

Chapter 1

Faelwen mounted her horse, her body moving in one fluid motion as she got on. Her dark hair tied back to keep it from getting into her eyes.

"Please don't leave." A young Estel said to his sister. He didn't want her to leave not like this. He wanted to be with his sister. She had promised him that she wouldn't be leaving for long amounts of time, but this time it was too close together for her trips.

Faelwen dismounted her horse and kneeled down next to her little brother. "Estel… my dear baby brother." She ran her hand through his dark loosely curled hair in a soothing way. She hated to leave him like this with Lord Elrond, but it was necessary. It was the only way to protect him from the harm that was out there. Outside of the walls of Rivendell. Soon enough he would be joining her out in the world when he was old enough. She wasn't even old enough to be doing this, but she had chosen this life for herself. She was trying to protect her brother and make sure that the orcs that were wandering the lands never found out about Estel. "I will be back soon." She told him softly. "Elladan and Elrohir are going with me." She placed a kiss softly on the top of his head.

"You promise me that you wouldn't be going so soon." Estel said looking up at his sister pleading with her to stay.

Faelwen patted the top of his head softly. "I am sorry Estel. I didn't think that Lord Elrond would send me out this soon with Elladan and Elrohir. I promise though. I will be back soon."

Estel nodded his head knowing that his sister would return to him.

Elladan and Elrohir came up to her.

"Elbereth ready?" Asked Elladan with a smile.

Faelwen looked at Elladan and nodded her head. "Yes, I am ready." She placed a kiss on Estel's forehead. "You be good."

"I will, Faelwen." Estel said as tears slid down his cheeks knowing that it would be a while before his sister returned even though it was only just for a quick check around the grounds.

Faelwen got onto her horse again. She kicked her horse lightly in the sides to get her to move towards the gates.

Elladan and Elrohir rode out with Faelwen.

She stopped her horse and looked back over her shoulder. She hated doing this to Estel. He was only ten years old and he didn't understand what she was really doing. She would never allow him to see such a life like she was living now. She was going to go as long as she could without telling him what it was all about. She was afraid that he would end up getting hurt. But it was getting harder and harder to leave him. She turned and followed the twin brothers to the wild.

"Father wants us to look around the hidden pass to make sure that no orcs are nearby." Elrohir said, as he looked back at the dark haired woman that rode with them.

Faelwen looked up at Elrohir with her blue eyes. "And he trusts that the three of us will be enough if there are orcs?" She questions, quaking her eyebrow a little bit, as she looks at him.

Elrohir rubbed the back of his head. "Well he hopes that it doesn't come to that." He said, as he rode ahead.

Faelwen followed them grabbing the reins tightly in her hands.

Elladan and Elrohir stopped in their tracks.

Faelwen looked at the two brothers in confusion. "What do you see?" She questioned the boys.

"Wargs!" Elrohir yelled.

Faelwen pulled her bow forward. She wasn't about to allow these wargs to get close to the hidden passage to Rivendell. She notched an arrow and rode ahead.

"Elbereth! Don't!" The twins yelled trying to stop the young woman knowing that she would try and protect the borders without help.

Faelwen always had a death wish when it came to protecting people. She took her job as a ranger far too seriously. Sooner or later she would get killed due to her recklessness.

The twins rode quickly after her. They would not face their father's wrath if Faelwen wouldn't come back to them alive and well.

Faelwen fired her arrows at wargs and orcs who came in her path. Her heart was beating fast. This was a thrill that she loved, but also fear was something that she hated. But she had to be strong while her little brother lived in Rivendell in the care of Elladan and Elrohir's father. She felt around in her quiver and knew that she was in trouble. She had done and ran out of arrows. That was bad for a Ranger of the North to run out of something that they needed so badly to keep their lives.

She grabbed the reins and pulled back on them. She had to get her horse out of there and fast. She was only able to get her horse turned before she felt a warg jump at her knocking her off of it. She landed harshly on the ground.

"Elbereth!" The twins yelled. The two of them darted into the mess of battle trying to kill as many wargs and orcs as they could. They would not allow Faelwen to get killed by such creatures. They didn't want to explain to their father what had happened.

Elladan killed the warg that had sunk his teeth into Faelwen's shoulder that caused her to scream out in pain. He took it's head off with his sword. He kneeled down next to her as his brother continued to kill off the two remaining wargs. "Elbereth you foolish foolish girl." He pulled her up to him so he could check the wounds that she had. "Elrohir we need to get her out of here."

Elrohir came back over with their horses. "Right you are brother." He looked down at her. "She won't make it if we don't get her back to father. Those wounds are too deep for us to handle them out here." He said quickly mounting his horse. "I will take her back."

Elladan carefully got up to his feet and picked up the small woman. He placed Faelwen into Elrohir's arms. "Ride fast brother. I will see you there."

Elrohir rode back towards Rivendell with a weak Faelwen in his arms. He could only hope that he was able to get Faelwen back safely and alive. And hopefully he wouldn't have to tell his father of what had happened.

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This is the end of Chapter 1. I hope that this chapter made up for the missing of a long amount of time between updates. I didn't mean for it to take this long to get this chapter out, but I tried my best with writing it. I know that Faelwen was a bit reckless, but she's 18 in this story and sometimes recklessness will change. I promise you that it will change in time. But right now since she's fairly young. Please leave a review and let me know what you think. I'll try to update as soon as I can. Reviews actually keep me going in writing. Hopefully I'll have the next chapter out soon. Until next time.